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--- merekeb [2025/03/19 21:48] – [merekeb] ken
+++ merekeb [2025/03/19 21:49] (current) – [merekeb] ken
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 King Solomon is said to have had a fleet of 4000 chariots((2_chronicles9:25)) which were probably financed in part from a trade deal whereby Israel would purchase merekeb from Egypt and sell them to the Hittites.((2 Chronicles 1:17))
-The word appears 41 times in the ancient Hebrew texts. However, at least some of these instances appear to refer to a flying vehicle, rather than a horse-drawn land vehicle.
+The word appears 41 times in the ancient Hebrew texts. However, at least some of these instances appear to refer to a flying vehicle, rather than a horse-drawn land vehicle. In these instances the etymological connection with [[kebed]] is apparent.
 ====No Ordinary Chariot====