BDB7918 [H7392]

רָכַב verb mount and ride, ride (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian rakâbu, Arabic Aramaic דְכֵיב , all id.; compare Zinjirli רכב war-chariot, proper name, of divinity רכבאל (Cook¹⁰⁸); Sabean רכבהו = his rider Mordtm^{Him. Inschr.25} (of horse; but his trappings CIS^{iv, no. 306, 5}); Ethiopic is attain, acquire); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ר Esth 6:8 2 masculine singular רָכַבְתָּ Num 22:30 3 plural רָֽכְבוּ 1Sam 30:17 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִרְכַּב Lev 15:9, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְכַב Ps 45:5 Infinitive construct לִרְכֹּב 2Sam 16:2; 2Kgs 4:24 Participle active רֹכֵב absolute Num 22:22 +, construct Amos 2:15 suffix רֹכְבוֺ Gen 49:17 +; feminine singular absolute רֹכֶ֫בֶת 1Sam 25:30 masculine plural רֹכְבִים Judg 10:4 +, etc.; —

1. mount, mount and sit, or ride, with עֵל of camel Gen 24:61 (J), 1Sam 30:17, of ass (חֲמוֺר) 1Sam 25:42; 1Sam 25:20; 2Sam 16:2 (עַל object omitted), 2Sam 19:27; 1Kgs 13:13, of mule (פֶּרֶד) 2Sam 13:29 absolute of mounting (and riding in) chariot 1Kgs 18:45; 2Kgs 9:16.

2. ride, be riding
\ \ c. עַל of mule (פֶּרֶד) 2Sam 18:9, of ass, אָתוֺן Num 22:22 (J), so (עַל object omitted) 2Kgs 4:24, of חֲמוֺר Zech 9:9, of hose Zech 1:8 with עַלאֶֿרְכָּב (see ׳מ) Lev 15:9 with ב of animal (בְּהֵמָה) Neh 2:12 ב of chariotry and horses Jer 17:25 = Jer 22:4 absolute (perhaps In chariot) Ps 45:5 ride on ! ride (habitually) with עַל of אָתוֺןNum 22:30 (J), of עֲיָרִים Judg 10:4; Judg 12:14, of סוּס Hos 14:4 (figurative of alliance with Egypt), Jer 6:23; Jer 50:42; Esth 6:8; Hab 3:8 (figurative of ׳י; possibly Add suffix reference to יָם, compare Deut 33:26), עַלקַֿל (|| סוּס) Isa 30:16 of ׳י, עַלכְּֿרוּב 2Sam 22:11 = Ps 18:11, עַלעָֿב קַל Isa 19:1, with accusative שָׁמַיִם ride through Deut 33:26, but also with ב location in, through, Ps 68:5; Ps 68:34.

3. participle רֹכֵב etc., as substantive, rider: רֹכְבֵי אֲתֹנוֺת Judg 5:10 (ה)סוּס ׳ר Amos 2:15; 2Kgs 9:18; 2Kgs 9:19; Ezek 23:23; Ezek 38:15; Zech 10:5, so (appositive פָּרָשִׁים) Ezek 23:6; Ezek 23:12 suffix of סוּס Gen 49:17; Exod 15:1; Exod 15:21; Jer 51:21a Zech 12:4; Job 39:18; Hag 2:22b; עַל of סוּס 2Kgs 18:23 = Isa 36:8 רֹכְבֵי רֶכֶשׁ Esth 8:10; Esth 8:14 suffix of chariot Jer 51:21b Hag 2:22. Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular הִרְכַּבְתָּ Ps 66:12, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיַדְכֵּב Gen 41:43; 2Kgs 13:16, suffix יַרְכִּבֵהוּ Deut 32:13, etc.; imperative masculine singular הַרְכֵּב 2Kgs 13:16 —

1. cause to (mount and) ride: with accusative of person + עַל of חֲמוֺר Exod 4:20 (J), of פִּרְדָּה 1Kgs 1:33; 1Kgs 1:38; 1Kgs 1:44, of סוּס Esth 6:9, cf. (עַלסֿוּס omitted) vEsth 6:11 with accusative of person + ב of chariot Gen 41:43 (E), 2Kgs 10:16 ב of chariot omitted 2Kgs 9:28; 2Kgs 23:30 = (with עַלרֶֿכֶב) 2Chr 35:24 figurative Job 30:22 (that is, on the wind); with accusative of thing + אֶלעֲֿגָלָה 2Sam 6:3 = 1Chr 13:7 figurative, with accusative of person + עַל location (עלבֿמותי ארץ) Deut 32:13 so Isa 58:14, + לְראֹשֵׁנוּ Ps 66:12 over our heads.

2. cause to draw (plough, etc.) Hos 10:11, object Ephraim Under figure of heifer.

3. figurative (עַלהַֿקֶּשֶׁת) הַרְכֵּב יָָֽדְךָ 2Kgs 13:16 (twice in verse); cause hand to ride upon (grasp) bow.

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