II. [מָּרָשׁ] noun [masculine] horse, steed (less common synonym of סוּס ( > explained away by Schw^{ZAW viii (1888). 191}); Arabic horse, mare (often), so Ethiopic : compare Sabean פרס horse, Mordtm^{Him. Inschr. 70}); — Plural מָּרָשִׁים (erroneous for * מְּרָשִׁים Kö^{ii. 1, 89}) Ezekiel 27:14 +, suffix מָּרָשָׁיו Isaiah 28:28; 1 Samuel 8:11; — steeds Ezekiel 27:14 ( + סוּסִים, מְּרָדִים), from Togarmah; simile of swiftness Joel 2:4 ("" סוּסִים); probably also Isaiah 28:28; Jeremiah 46:4 ("" סוּסִים, compare Gf Gie), and perhaps ׳וְשָׂם לוֺ בְּמֶרְכַבְחוֺ וּבָעָרָשָׁיו וְרָצוּ וגו 1 Samuel 8:11 (king subject).

II. מָּרָשׁ noun masculine^{Nahum 3:3} horseman (i.e. * parrâš, compare Ges^{§ 84 b.b}; Arabic ; Ethiopic : Aramaic מָּרָשׁ ); — absolute ׳פ Nahum 3:3; Jeremiah 4:29, also מָּרַשׁ Ezekiel 26:10 (as if construct Kö^{Synt. § 337 s}); Plural מָּרָשָׁים Genesis 50:9 +; suffix מָּרָשָׁיו Exodus 14:9 +; — horseman, usually plural, especially + רֶכֶב charioty: Egyptain Genesis 50:9 (J), Joshua 24:6 (E), Exodus 14:9; Exodus 14:17; Exodus 14:18; Exodus 17:23; Exodus 14:26,28 (all P), Exodus 15:19 (song), Isaiah 31:1; 2 Kings 18:34 = Isaiah 36:9; 2Chronicles 12:3; compare 2 Chronicles 16:8; Philistine 1 Samuel 13:5; 2 Samuel 1:6 (strike out בַּעֲלֵי ᵑ7 We Dr Bu HPS); Aramaean 2 Samuel 10:18 (but read probably אִישׁ, compare "" 1 Chronicles 19:18, We Dr and others), and (+ אִישׁ רַגְלִי) 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, compare 1 Chronicles 19:6; also עַלסֿוּס וּפָרָשִׁים 1 Kings 20:20 (si vera lectio) Israel, of Adonijah 1 Kings 1:5 (+ רֶכֶב חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ רָצִים; Solomon + רֶכֶב 1 Kings 9:19,22; 1 Kings 10:26 2Chronicles 8:6,9; 1:14 (twice in verse), Prob also 1 Kings 5:6 ( + סוּסִים לְמֶרְכָּבוֺ) = 2 Chronicles 9:25 (+ סוּסִים וּמֶרְכָּכוֺת); Jehoahaz 2 Kings 13:7 (+ רַגְלִי); + רֶכֶב, figurative of Elijah 2 Kings 2:12, of Elisha 2 Kings 13:14; + סוּסִים Hosea 1:7; Assyrian Isaiah 22:6,7 (+ רֶכֶב), compare Nahum 3:3, רִכְבֵי סוּסִים ׳פ Ezekiel 23:6,12 Babylonian Habakkuk 1:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 4:29 (+ רֹמֵה קֶשֶׁת), Ezekiel 26:7 (+ סוּס), רֶכֶב), Ezekiel 26:10 (+ גַּלְגַּל וָרֶכֶב), Scythian (Gog) Ezekiel 38:4 (+ סוּסִים); Persian Isaiah 21:7,9 (׳צֶמֶד פ), Nehemiah 2:9; Ezra 8:22; of kings of north Daniel 11:40 (+ רֶכֶב).