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Hebrew wordlink #163180

OSHB 1 Ki 10:29 מֶרְכָּבָה (merkāⱱāh) Strongs=4818 Lemma=‘מֶרְכָּבָה’
contextual word gloss=‘a_chariot’ word gloss=‘chariot’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1015 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Solomon

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Other uses (3) of identical word form מֶרְכָּבָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מֶרְכָּבָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_chariot’, ‘chariotry’.

2 SAM 15:1 contextual word gloss=‘a_chariot’ word gloss=‘chariot’ OSHB 2 SAM 15:1 word 7

OET-LV: 15 and_he/it _was from_after thus and_he/it _made to_him/it ʼAⱱīshālōm a _chariot and_horses and_fifty man who_ran before_him. (SA2_15:1)

OET-RV: 15 Sometime after all that, Abshalom acquired a chariot and horses and hired fifty men to run ahead of him. (SA2 15:1)

2 CHR 1:17 contextual word gloss=‘a_chariot’ word gloss=‘chariot’ OSHB 2 CHR 1:17 word 4

OET-LV: 17 And_they _brought _up and_they _brought _out from_Miʦrayim a _chariot for_six hundred(s) silver and_a _horse for_fifty and_one _hundred and_thus/so/as _follows to/from_all/each/any/every the _kings _of the _Hittites and_the _kings _of ʼArām by_their _of_hand they _brought_them_out. (CH2_1:17)

OET-RV: 17 Egyptian chariots cost six hundred silver coins and horses cost one hundred and fifty. (The Hittites and Aramean kings were able to get them for the same price.) (CH2 1:17)

HAG 2:22 contextual word gloss=‘chariotry’ word gloss=‘chariots’ OSHB HAG 2:22 word 9

OET-LV: 22 And_I _will _overthrow the_throne _of kingdoms and_I _will _destroy the _strength _of the _kingdoms _of the_nations and_I _will _overthrow chariotry and_its _of_riders and_ horses _they _will _go _down and_their _of_riders each by_the _sword _of his/its_woman. (HAG_2:22)

OET-RV: 22 I’ll overthrow the thrones of kingdoms, and destroy the strength of the nations. I’ll overthrow chariots and riders—horses and their riders will fall and related tribes will kill each other. (HAG 2:22)