Word Study · Strong's H4817 · Hebrew
מֶרְכָּב
merkab
mer-kawb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: merkâb
“a chariot”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a chariot; also a seat (in a vehicle)
Rendered in the KJV as
chariot, covering, saddle.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- הַמֶּרְכָּ֗ב1
- לְמֶרְכָּב֑וֹ1
- מֶרְכָּב֖וֹ1
How it is rendered · 3
- for chariotry his1
- seat its1
- the saddle1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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