# H4817 מֶרְכָּב

מֶרְכָּב (merkâb), Strong’s H4817: a chariot; also a seat (in a vehicle) KJV: chariot, covering, saddle.. Occurs 3 times.

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*merkâb* — a chariot; also a seat (in a vehicle)

KJV: chariot, covering, saddle.

Derived from [רָכַב râkab](https://besorah.bible/word/H7392) (to ride)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מֶרְכָּב n.m. chariot, riding seat (prop. riding-place)

## Where it occurs
- [Leviticus 15:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/15?v=9) — “‘Whatever saddle he who has the discharge rides on shall be unclean.
- [1 Kings 5:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/5?v=6) — Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
- [Song of Songs 3:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/song-of-songs/3?v=10) — He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it being paved with love, from the…