1 Kings 16:9:71 Kgs.16.9.W7TAB

הָרָ֑כֶב

harakhev

the chariot force

Transliteration
ha-ra-KHEV
Extended
haa-rah-KHEHV
IPA
/haːraːˈχɛv/

Meaning by language

English
the chariot force

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Result
הָ + רָ֑ + כֶב
ha + ra + khev
harakhev

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ra-KHEV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ma-kha-TSIT ha-ra-KHEV

  3. clause

    va-yik-SHOR a-LAV av-DO zim-RI SAR ma-kha-TSIT ha-ra-KHEV

  4. sentence

    va-yik-SHOR a-LAV av-DO zim-RI SAR ma-kha-TSIT ha-ra-KHEV ve-HU be-tir-TSa sho-TE shi-KOR BET ar-TSA a-SHER al-ha-BA-yit be-tir-TSA

Exegesis

The subject avdo zimri {עַבְדּ֣וֹ זִמְרִ֔י | ʿaḇdôw zimrî} ‘his servant Zimri’ is immediately followed by the construct chain sar machatsit harachev {שַׂר מַחֲצִ֣ית הָרָ֑כֶב | śār maḥaṣṣîṯ hārāḥēb} ‘commander of half the chariots,’ indicating rank through a genitive construct.

In context1 Kings 16:9

And his servant Zimri, the commander of half the chariots, conspired against him while he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 16:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 16:9, so the Hebrew word הָרָ֑כֶב (harakhev) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.16.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.9.W7.S1) and character.