2 Chronicles 14:9:82 Chr.14.9.W8TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:8
וּמַרְכָּב֖וֹת
umarkavot
“and chariots”
- Transliteration
- u-mar-ka-VOT
- Extended
- oo-mahr-KAA-voht
- IPA
- /u.mar.kːaːˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and chariots
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mar-ka-VOT
- clause
va-ye-TSE a-le-HEM ZE-rakh ha-KU-shi be-KHA-yil E-lef a-la-FIM u-mar-ka-VOT she-LOSH me-OT
- sentence
va-ye-TSE a-le-HEM ZE-rakh ha-KU-shi be-KHA-yil E-lef a-la-FIM u-mar-ka-VOT she-LOSH me-OT va-ya-VO ad-ma-RE-sha
Exegesis
The phrase bechayil {בְּחַיִל | bə-ḥayil} ‘with an army’ introduces the military force, quantified by the construct elef alafim {אֶלֶף אַלְפִים | ’ēlêp̄ ’ălāp̄îm} ‘one thousand times thousands’, an idiom for a million, and by umerkavot {וּמֶרְכָּבוֹת | ūmerkā́vōt} ‘and chariots’ with shelosh meot {שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת | šəlōš mēʾōṯ} ‘three hundred’, specifying armament.
Root and etymology
“to ride”
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:9
Then Zerah the Cushite went out against them with an army of a million and 300 chariots, and he came as far as Mareshah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 14:9, so the Hebrew word וּמַרְכָּב֖וֹת (umarkavot) 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 2 Chr.14.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.9.W8.S1) and character.