Exodus 14:28:4Exod.14.28.W4TAB
אֶת־הָרֶ֙כֶב֙
etharekhev
“the chariotry”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-RE-khev
- Extended
- eht-hah-REH-khehv
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haˈrɛ.xɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the chariotry
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
et-ha-RE-khev
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM lo-nish-AR ba-HEM ad-e-KHAD
Exegesis
The direct object markers et {אֶת | ʾet} and we’et {וְאֶת | wəʾet} mark harekhev {הָרֶכֶב | hā-reḵeb} ‘the chariots’ and happarashim {הַפָּרָשִׁים | happārāšîm} ‘the horsemen’ as recipients of the action.
Root and etymology
ר־כ־ב
“to ride, mount”
In context — Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, the entire army of Pharaoh that pursued them into the sea, and not one remained among them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 14:28, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָרֶ֙כֶב֙ (etharekhev) 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 Exod.14.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.28.W4.S1) and character.