רכב

Hebrew

Root
ר־כ־ב (r-k-b)

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic رَكِبَ (rakiba, “to embark”) and Ugaritic 𐎗𐎋𐎁 (rkb, “to ride, to mount”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛχɛv/ [ˈʀ̟ɛː.χɛv]

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Noun

רֶכֶב • (rékhev) m (plural indefinite רְכָבִים, Biblical Hebrew pausal form רָכֶב)

1. vehicle, chariot
   • Tanach, Exodus 14:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיִּקַּח שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת רֶכֶב בָּחוּר וְכֹל רֶכֶב מִצְרָיִם וְשָׁלִשִׁם עַל־כֻּלּוֹ׃

     vay-yiqqáḥ shesh meót rékhev baḥúr v-khol rékhev mitsráyim v-shalishím 'al kulló

     And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.

2. (archaic, by extension) A team (of horses or the like)
   • Tanach, Isaiah 21:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְרָאָה רֶכֶב צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים רֶכֶב חֲמוֹר רֶכֶב גָּמָל וְהִקְשִׁיב קֶשֶׁב רַב־קָשֶׁב׃

     v-ra'á rékhev tsémed parashím rékhev ḥamór rékhev gamál v-hiqshív qéshev rav qáshev

     And when he seeth a troop, horsemen by pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.

3. (archaic, by extension) Cavalry.
4. (by analogy) A rider: an upper millstone.
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 24:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     לֹא־יַחֲבֹל רֵחַיִם וָרָכֶב כִּי־נֶפֶשׁ הוּא חֹבֵל׃

     lo yaḥavól reḥáyim va-ráḥev ki néfesh hu ḥovél

     No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

Declension

Declension of רֶכֶב

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	רֶכֶב	first	רִכְבִּי		רִכְבֵּנוּ
	definite	הָרֶכֶב	second	רִכְבְּךָ	רִכְבֵּךְ	רִכְבְּכֶם	רִכְבְּכֶן
	construct	רֶכֶב־	third	רִכְבּוֹ	רִכְבָּהּ	רִכְבָּם	רִכְבָּן
plural	indefinite	רְכָבִים	first	רכביי / רְכָבַי		רְכָבֵינוּ
	definite	הָרְכָבִים	second	רְכָבֶיךָ	רכבייך / רְכָבַיִךְ	רִכְבֵיכֶם	רִכְבֵיכֶן
	construct	רִכְבֵי־	third	רְכָבָיו	רְכָבֶיהָ	רִכְבֵיהֶם	רִכְבֵיהֶן

Synonyms

• כְּלִי רֶכֶב (k'lí rékhev)

References

• H7393 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

רָכַב • (rakháv) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to ride (a horse or the like)

Conjugation

Conjugation of רָכַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לרכוב / לִרְכֹּב action noun: רְכִיבָה passive participle: רָכוּב
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	רָכַבְתִּי		רָכַבְנוּ
	second	רָכַבְתָּ	רָכַבְתְּ	רְכַבְתֶּם1	רְכַבְתֶּן1
	third	רָכַב	רָכְבָה	רָכְבוּ
present		רוֹכֵב	רוֹכֶבֶת	רוֹכְבִים	רוֹכְבוֹת
future	first	אֶרְכַּב		נִרְכַּב
	second	תִּרְכַּב	תִּרְכְּבִי	תִּרְכְּבוּ	תִּרְכַּבְנָה2
	third	יִרְכַּב	תִּרְכַּב	יִרְכְּבוּ	תִּרְכַּבְנָה2
imperative		רְכַב	רִכְבִי	רִכְבוּ	רְכַבְנָה2
notes		Pronounced רָכַבְתֶּם and רָכַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H7392 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• ברך, ר־כ־ב