רֶ֖כֶב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 רֶ֖כֶב

   RE-khev

   chariotry or chariots
2. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חָ֠נוּן וּבְנֵ֨י עַמּ֜וֹן אֶ֣לֶף כִּכַּר־כֶּ֗סֶף לִשְׂכֹּ֣ר לָ֠הֶם מִן־אֲרַ֨ם נַהֲרַ֜יִם וּמִן־אֲרַ֤ם מַעֲכָה֙ וּמִצּוֹבָ֔ה רֶ֖כֶב וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃

   va-yish-LAKH kha-NUN u-ve-NE a-MON E-lef ki-KAR-KE-sef lis-KOR la-HEM min-a-RAM na-ha-ra-YIM u-min-a-RAM ma-a-KHA u-mits-to-VA RE-khev u-fa-ra-SHIM

   and he sent Hanun and sons of Ammon a thousand talent of silver to hire for them from Aram Naharaim and from Aram Maacah and from Zobah chariotry or chariots and horsemen
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּרְאוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן כִּ֥י הִֽתְבָּאֲשׁ֖וּ עִם־דָּוִ֑יד וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חָ֠נוּן וּבְנֵ֨י עַמּ֜וֹן אֶ֣לֶף כִּכַּר־כֶּ֗סֶף לִשְׂכֹּ֣ר לָ֠הֶם מִן־אֲרַ֨ם נַהֲרַ֜יִם וּמִן־אֲרַ֤ם מַעֲכָה֙ וּמִצּוֹבָ֔ה רֶ֖כֶב וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃

   va-yir-E-u be-NE a-MON KI hit-be-a-SHU im-da-VID va-yish-LAKH kha-NUN u-ve-NE a-MON E-lef ki-KAR-KE-sef lis-KOR la-HEM min-a-RAM na-ha-ra-YIM u-min-a-RAM ma-a-KHA u-mits-to-VA RE-khev u-fa-ra-SHIM

   and they saw sons of Ammon that they had made themselves stink or they had become offensive with David and he sent Hanun and sons of Ammon a thousand talent of silver to hire for them from Aram Naharaim and from Aram Maacah and from Zobah chariotry or chariots and horsemen

Exegesis

A series of prepositional phrases introduced by min {מִן | min} and u-min {וּמִן | u-min} specifies the sources—ʾArām Naharayim {אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם | ʾArām Naharayim}, ʾArām Maʿaḵâ {אֲרַם מַעֲכָה | ʾArām Maʿaḵâ}, and Zobah {צּוֹבָה | Ṣōḇâ}—for rek̠hev {רֶכֶב | rek̠hev} ‘chariots’ and u-p̄ārāšîm {וּפָרָשִׁים | u-p̄ārָšîm} ‘horsemen’. Converting the Hebrew VSO structure into English SVO clarifies the sequence of realization followed by military preparations while preserving the layered infinitive and prepositional constructions that convey sustained effort to recruit foreign forces.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ר־כ־בresh–kaf–beth

“chariot; riding”

• 🔊 מֶרְכָּבָהmerkāḇâchariot2 Kings 2:11