H7392

רָכַב

ra.khavH:V

to ride

1) to mount and ride, ride 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to mount, mount and sit or ride 1a2) to ride, be riding 1a3) rider (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to ride, cause to (mount and) ride 1b2) to cause to draw (plough, etc) 1b3) to cause to ride upon (fig)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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.

68 occurrences

Genesis (3), Exodus (3), Leviticus (1), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (2), Judges (3), I Samuel (3), II Samuel (5), I Kings (5), II Kings (10), I Chronicles (1), II Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Esther (5), Job (2), Psalms (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (4), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Habakkuk (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (4)