מֶרְכָּבָה noun feminine chariot; — absolute ׳מ Judges 4:13 +, construct מִרְכֶּ֫בֶת Genesis 41:43; suffix מֶרְבַּבְתּוֺ Genesis 46:29 +; plural מַרְכָּבוֺת Zechariah 6:1 +; construct מַרְכְּבוֺת 2 Kings 23:11 +, בֹת- Exodus 15:4; suffix מַרְכְּבֹתֶיךָ Micah 5:10; Habakkuk 3:8, etc.; — chariot (often "" סוּס(יםׅ, 1 Samuel 8:11 פָרָשִׁים): especially war-chariot, Egyptian, Exodus 14:25 (J), Exodus 15:4 (song), 2 Chron 14:8; from Muƒri in North Syria (according to Wkl, see מצרים near the end, compare Kit^{1Kings 10. 28} Benz^ib.) 1 Kings 10:29 2Chronicles 1:17; Can., Joshua 11:6,9 (JE), Judges 4:15 ("" רֶכֶב), Judges 5:28 ("" id.); Assyria, Isaiah 2:7; Nahum 3:2; foe from north Jeremiah 4:13, nations in General Haggai 2:22; Israel and Judah 1 Kings 20:33; 1 Kings 22:35 2Chronicles 18:34; 2 Kings 9:27; 2 Kings 10:15; 2Chronicles 35:24; Micah 5:10; figurative of ׳יs chariots Isaiah 66:15; Habakkuk 3:8, compare (in vision) Zechariah 6:1,2(twice in verse); Zechariah 6:3 (twice in verse); ׳מ for dignity and display Genesis 41:43 (E), Genesis 46:29 (J), 1 Samuel 8:11 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 15:1; 2 Kings 5:21,26, מַדְכְּבוֺת בְּבוֺדֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 22:18 (iron.); used in flight 2 Kings 23:11 (idolatrous); ׳הַמּ הַכְּרוּבִים (read ׳מִדְכֶּבֶת הַכּ, ᵐ5 Benz) 1 Chronicles 28:18 (on this conception of cherubin in temple see Benz); ׳מ in similes: ׳כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אוֺפַן הַמּ 1 Kings 7:33, ׳בְּקוֺל מ Joel 2:3; on the obscure עַמִּי נָדִיב ׳מַר Songs 6:12 chariots of my people, a prince (?) see especially Bu.