2 Samuel 15:1:72 Sam.15.1.W7TAB
מֶרְכָּבָ֖ה
merkava
“a chariot”
- Transliteration
- mer-ka-VA
- Extended
- mehr-kah-VAA
- IPA
- /mɛrkaˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a chariot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mer-ka-VA
- clause
va-ye-HI me-a-kha-RE KEN va-ya-AS LO av-sha-LOM mer-ka-VA ve-su-SIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI me-a-kha-RE KEN va-ya-AS LO av-sha-LOM mer-ka-VA ve-su-SIM va-kha-mi-SHIM ISH ra-TSIM le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The direct objects merkavah wə-sû-sîm {מֶרְכָּבָה וְסֻסִים | mer-kā-vāh wə-sû-sîm} ‘a chariot and horses’ form a nominal conjunction.
Root and etymology
Rootr-k-b
“to ride, mount”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:1
And it came to pass after this , that Absalom made for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men running before him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:1, so the Hebrew word מֶרְכָּבָ֖ה (merkava) 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 Sam.15.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.1.W7.S1) and character.