רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
(ז) וַיִּקַּ֗ח שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת רֶ֙כֶב֙ בָּח֔וּר וְכֹ֖ל רֶ֣כֶב מִצְרָ֑יִם וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם עַל־כֻּלּֽוֹ׃
He (Pharaoh) took six hundred of his special chariots, and the rest of the chariots of Egypt, with officers in all of them.
לִרְכֹּב lirkov (שֹׁרֶשׁ ר.כ.ב)
- To ride (an animal or a bicycle)
מֶרְכָּבָה (merkavah) = Carriage or chariot
מֻרְכָּב (murkav) =(because things are joined together, like a horse and a rider) Complex
רְכִיב (rekhiv) = Component or ingredient
רַכֶּבֶת (rakevet) = Train
רֶכֶב = Vehicle or car (also an upper grinding stone) (rekhev)
Find the Word!
This שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) is all over our parashah, because it describes both Pharaoh’s chariots and their riders. Can you find 10 other places where it appears?
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