STRONGS NUMBER H7392


Word Summary
rakab: to mount and ride, ride
Original Word: רָכַב
Transliteration: rakab
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to mount and ride, ride
Meaning: to ride, to place upon, to despatch
Strong's Concordance
bring on horseback, carry, get oneself up, on horseback

A primitive root; to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch -- bring (on (horse-)back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-)back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7392. rakab

רָכַבverb mount and ride, ride (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian rakâbu, Arabic Aramaic דְכֵיב‎ , all id.; compare Zinjirli רכבwar-chariot, proper name, of divinity רכבאל‎ (Cook108); Sabean רכבהו‎ = his rider MordtmHim. Inschr.25 (of horse; but his trappings CISiv, no. 306, 5); Ethiopic is attain, acquire); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳רEsther 6:8; 2masculine singular רָכַבְתָּNumbers 22:30; 3plural רָֽכְבוּ1 Samuel 30:17; Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְכַּבLeviticus 15:9, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְכַבPsalm 45:5; Infinitive construct לִרְכֹּב2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Kings 4:24; Participle active רֹכֵב‎ absolute Numbers 22:22 +, construct Amos 2:15; suffix רֹכְבוֺGenesis 49:17 +; feminine singular absolute רֹכֶ֫בֶת1 Samuel 25:30; masculine plural רֹכְבִיםJudges 10:4 +, etc.; —

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

2 ride, be riding

c. עַל‎ of mule (מֶּרֶד‎) 2 Samuel 18:9, of ass, אָתוֺןNumbers 22:22 (J), so (עַל‎ object omitted) 2 Kings 4:24, of חֲמוֺרZechariah 9:9, of hose 1:8; with עַלאֶֿרְכָּב‎ (see ׳מ‎) Leviticus 15:9; with ב‎ of animal (בְּהֵמָה‎) Nehemiah 2:12; ב‎ of chariotry and horses Jeremiah 17:25 = 22:4; absolute (perhaps In chariot) Psalm 45:5 ride on ! ride (habitually) with עַל‎ of אָתוֺןNumbers 22:30 (J), of עֲיָרִיםJudges 10:4; 12:14, of סוּסHosea 14:4 (figurative of alliance with Egypt), Jeremiah 6:23; 50:42; Esther 6:8; Habakkuk 3:8 (figurative of ׳י‎; possibly Add suffix reference to יָם‎, compare Deuteronomy 33:26), עַלקַֿל‎ ("" סוּס‎) Isaiah 30:16; of עַלכְּֿרוּב ׳י,2 Samuel 22:11 = Psalm 18:11, קַל עַלעָֿבIsaiah 19:1, with accusative שָׁמַיִםride through Deuteronomy 33:26, but also with ב‎ location in, through, Psalm 68:5; 68:34.

3 participle רֹכֵב‎ etc., as substantive, rider: אֲתֹנוֺת רֹכְבֵיJudges 5:10; ׳ר (ה)סוּסAmos 2:15; 2 Kings 9:18-19, Ezekiel 23:23; 38:15; Zechariah 10:5, so (appositive מָּרָשִׁים‎) Ezekiel 23:6, 12; suffix of סוּסGenesis 49:17; Exodus 15:1, 21; Jeremiah 51:21a Zechariah 12:4; Job 39:18; Haggai 2:22b; עַל‎ of סוּס2 Kings 18:23 = Isaiah 36:8; רֶכֶשׁ רֹכְבֵיEsther 8:10, 14; suffix of chariot Jeremiah 51:21b Haggai 2:22.

Hiph`il Perfect2masculine singular הִרְכַּבְתָּPsalm 66:12, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיַדְכֵּבGenesis 41:43; 2 Kings 13:16, suffix יַרְכִּבֵהוּDeuteronomy 32:13, etc.; imperative masculine singular הַרְכֵּב2 Kings 13:16; —

1 cause to (mount and) ride: with accusative of person + עַל‎ of חֲמוֺרExodus 4:20 (J), of מִּרְדָּה1 Kings 1:33, 38, 44, of סוּסEsther 6:9, cf. (עַלסֿוּס‎ omitted) 6:11; with accusative of person + ב‎ of chariot Genesis 41:43 (E), 2 Kings 10:16; ב‎ of chariot omitted 9:28; 23:30 = (with עַלרֶֿכֶב‎) 2 Chronicles 35:24; figurative Job 30:22 (that is, on the wind); with accusative of thing + אֶלעֲֿגָלָה2 Samuel 6:3 = 1 Chronicles 13:7; figurative, with accusative of person + עַל‎ location (ארץ עלבֿמותי‎) Deuteronomy 32:13 so Isaiah 58:14, + לְראֹשֵׁנוּPsalm 66:12 over our heads.

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

3 figurative (עַלהַֿקֶּשֶׁת‎) יָָֽדְךָ הַרְכֵּב2 Kings 13:16 (twice in verse); cause hand to ride upon (grasp) bow.