רכב
Hebrew
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| ר־כ־ב (r-k-b) |
Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Arabic رَكِبَ (rakiba, “to embark”) and Ugaritic 𐎗𐎋𐎁 (rkb, “to ride, to mount”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]רֶכֶב • (rékhev) m (plural indefinite רְכָבִים, Biblical Hebrew pausal form רָכֶב)
- vehicle, chariot
- Tanach, Exodus 14:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיִּקַּח שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת רֶכֶב בָּחוּר וְכֹל רֶכֶב מִצְרָיִם וְשָׁלִשִׁם עַל־כֻּלּוֹ׃
- vayikákh shesh me'ót rékhev bakhúr v'khol rékhev mitsráyim v'shalishím al kuló
- And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
- (archaic, by extension) A team (of horses or the like)
- Tanach, Isaiah 21:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְרָאָה רֶכֶב צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים רֶכֶב חֲמוֹר רֶכֶב גָּמָל וְהִקְשִׁיב קֶשֶׁב רַב־קָשֶׁב׃
- v'ra'á rékhev tsémed parashím rékhev khamór rékhev gamál v'hikshív késhev rav káshev
- And when he seeth a troop, horsemen by pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.
- (archaic, by extension) Cavalry.
- (by analogy) A rider: an upper millstone.
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 24:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- לֹא־יַחֲבֹל רֵחַיִם וָרָכֶב כִּי־נֶפֶשׁ הוּא חֹבֵל׃
- lo yakhavól rekháyim varákhev ki néfesh hu khovél
- No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
Declension
[edit]Declension of רֶכֶב
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | רֶכֶב | first | רִכְבִּי | רִכְבֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הָרֶכֶב | second | רִכְבְּךָ | רִכְבֵּךְ | רִכְבְּכֶם | רִכְבְּכֶן | |
| construct | רֶכֶב־ | third | רִכְבּוֹ | רִכְבָּהּ | רִכְבָּם | רִכְבָּן | |
| plural | indefinite | רְכָבִים | first | רכביי / רְכָבַי | רְכָבֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָרְכָבִים | second | רְכָבֶיךָ | רכבייך / רְכָבַיִךְ | רִכְבֵיכֶם | רִכְבֵיכֶן | |
| construct | רִכְבֵי־ | third | רְכָבָיו | רְכָבֶיהָ | רִכְבֵיהֶם | רִכְבֵיהֶן | |
Synonyms
[edit]- כְּלִי רֶכֶב (k'lí rékhev)
References
[edit]Verb
[edit]רָכַב • (rakháv) (pa'al construction)
- (intransitive, transitive) to ride (a horse or the like)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of רָכַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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| finite forms | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
| past | first | רָכַבְתִּי | רָכַבְנוּ | ||
| second | רָכַבְתָּ | רָכַבְתְּ | רְכַבְתֶּם1 | רְכַבְתֶּן1 | |
| third | רָכַב | רָכְבָה | רָכְבוּ | ||
| present | רוֹכֵב | רוֹכֶבֶת | רוֹכְבִים | רוֹכְבוֹת | |
| future | first | אֶרְכַּב | נִרְכַּב | ||
| second | תִּרְכַּב | תִּרְכְּבִי | תִּרְכְּבוּ | תִּרְכַּבְנָה2 | |
| third | יִרְכַּב | תִּרְכַּב | יִרְכְּבוּ | תִּרְכַּבְנָה2 | |
| imperative | רְכַב | רִכְבִי | רִכְבוּ | רְכַבְנָה2 | |
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