2 Kings 13:7:102 Kgs.13.7.W10TAB
רֶ֔כֶב
rekhev
“chariots”
- Transliteration
- RE-khev
- Extended
- REH-khehv
- IPA
- /ˈrɛ.xɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- chariots
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
RE-khev
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-sa-RA RE-khev
- clause
KI LO hish-e-IR li-ye-ho-a-KHAZ AM KI im-kha-mi-SHIM pa-ra-SHIM va-a-sa-RA RE-khev va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM rag-LI
- sentence
KI LO hish-e-IR li-ye-ho-a-KHAZ AM KI im-kha-mi-SHIM pa-ra-SHIM va-a-sa-RA RE-khev va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM rag-LI KI ib-be-DAM ME-lekh a-RAM va-ye-si-MEM ke-a-FAR la-DUSH
Exegesis
The coordinated list employs the vav-consecutive constructions wa-ʿăsārāh {וַעֲשָׂרָה | wa-ʿă-sā-rā} and wa-ʿăśeret {וַעֲשֶׂרֶת | wa-ʿă-se-ret} to link pārašîm {פָּרָשִׁים | pā-rā-šîm} ‘horsemen’, reḵev {רֶכֶב | re-ḵeḇ} ‘chariots’, ʾălāp̄îm {אֲלָפִים | ʾa-lā-p̄îm} ‘thousands’, and raġlê {רַגְלִי | raġ-lê} ‘foot soldiers’.
Root and etymology
Rootr-k-b
“chariot”
In context — 2 Kings 13:7
For the king of Aram did not leave any people for Jehoahaz except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Aram destroyed them and made them like the dust to be trampled.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 13:7, so the Hebrew word רֶ֔כֶב (rekhev) 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 Kgs.13.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.7.W10.S1) and character.