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Zechariah 6:2
“In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · mer-kaw-baw'
H4818 · Hebrew
H4818 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a chariot
- Derivation
- feminine of H4817 (מֶרְכָּב);
- KJV renderings
- chariot. See also H1024 (בֵּית הַמַּרְכָּבוֹת).
- Grammar
- בַּ — preposition with definite article
- מֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 44 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:43Genesis 46:29Exodus 14:25Exodus 15:4Joshua 11:6
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מֶרְכָּבָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.