The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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מַרְכֶּב‏ n.m. ship; chariot

chariot JLAtg, CPA, Sam, LJLA. TgJ Jud4:15 : וֻנחַת סִיסְרָא מֵעַל רְתִכָא/מרכבא/ וַאְפַך בְרַגלוֹהִי‏ then Sisera got off of the chariot and turned back on foot. PJ Lev15:9 : וכל זוגא ומרכבא דירכוב עלוי דובנא יהי מסאב‏ any double or (single-horse) chariot that a gonorrheal rides on becomes unclean.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 844; Tal Sam: 834;

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