מרכבה
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Hebrew edit
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| ר־כ־ב (r-k-b) |
Etymology edit
Cognate with Arabic مَرْكَبَة (markaba, “vehicle, carriage”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /meʁ.kaˈva/
Noun edit
מֶרְכָּבָה • (merkavá) f (plural indefinite מַרְכָּבוֹת, singular construct מִרְכֶּבֶת־, plural construct מַרְכְּבוֹת־)
- carriage, hansom, chariot
- Tanach, Judges 4:15:
- וַיָּהָם יְהוָה אֶת־סִיסְרָא וְאֶת־כָּל־הָרֶכֶב וְאֶת־כָּל־הַמַּחֲנֶה לְפִי־חֶרֶב לִפְנֵי בָרָק וַיֵּרֶד סִיסְרָא מֵעַל הַמֶּרְכָּבָה וַיָּנָס בְּרַגְלָיו׃
- va-yáhom YHWH et Sis'rá v-et kol ha-rékhev v-et kol ha-maḥané l'fí ḥérev lifnéi Varáq, va-yéred Sis'rá me-'al ha-merkavá va-yános b-ragláv
- and the LORD threw Sisera and all his chariots and army into a panic before the onslaught of Barak. Sisera leaped from his chariot and fled on foot.
- A battle tank developed and used by the IDF.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- (Kabbalah) the Divine Chariot
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Chagigah 2:1:
- אֵין דּוֹרְשִׁין בַּעֲרָיוֹת בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה, וְלֹא בְמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית בִּשְׁנַיִם, וְלֹא בַמֶּרְכָּבָה בְּיָחִיד, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן הָיָה חָכָם וּמֵבִין מִדַּעֲתּוֹ.
- Ein dorshín ba-'arayót bi-shloshá, v-lo v-ma'asé v'reishít bi-shnáyim, v-lo va-merkavá b-yaḥíd, éla im ken hayá ḥakhám umevin mida'ato.
- One may not expound on forbidden sexual relations in front of three, nor the matter of creation in front of two, nor the Chariot before one, unless one is wise and understanding of one's knowledge.