What Does Exodus 14:7 Mean in the King James?
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The word for chariots shares its root with riding, so Egypt’s force appears as an organized system in motion, with a captain over every vehicle.
THE MEANING
The verse gives pressure a visible shape: selected chariots, the full Egyptian force, and captains over every one. What confronts you can feel total because it arrives multiplied and organized; the text lets you see how that force is assembled.
THE ROOT
רֶכֶב
rekhev
GROWS FROM
רכב
r-k-b
Ride, mount, or ride upon
The same seed names the vehicle, a rider, and the act of riding; English separates these into an object, a person, and an action. The chariots are a system of mounted movement, and the captains place that movement under command.
ALSO GROWS
rakhav: to ride or mount
רָכַב
The verb names the action carried by the chariots in the verse.
rokhev: rider
רֹכֵב
The rider and the chariot belong to the same word family, joining person and vehicle.
merkavah: chariot
מֶרְכָּבָה
This related form names a chariot through the same riding root.
בָּחוּר
bachur
GROWS FROM
בחר
b-ḥ-r
Choose or select
The word carries selection inside the description: these six hundred chariots are singled out before the verse widens to all Egypt’s chariots. The force is presented as both chosen and multiplied.
ALSO GROWS
bachar: to choose or select
בָּחַר
This verb is the action behind the chosen force named in the verse.
bachir: chosen one or elect
בָּחִיר
This form makes explicit the status of one who has been selected.
bechirah: choice or selection
בְּחִירָה
The noun keeps the act of choosing visible beneath the adjective “chosen.”
שָׁלִשִׁם
shalishim
GROWS FROM
שלש
sh-l-sh
Three; to make threefold
The officer title is commonly linked to “third” or a third position in a chariot crew, carrying an echo of rank. The verse’s captains stand over every chariot, making command part of the force’s structure.
ALSO GROWS
shalosh: three
שָׁלֹשׁ
This is the number at the root of the officer title.
shelishi: third
שְׁלִישִׁי
This related form makes the rank association audible in the title.
shillesh: to make threefold or repeat three times
שִׁלֵּשׁ
This verb shares the three-part root and shows its extended form.
THE PATTERN
Power appears overwhelming when multiplicity is organized into one force.
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.THE THREAD
Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.The next verse repeats the words for chariots and chosen captains, showing the assembled force again as it enters the waters and is drowned. The shared roots connect the gathering of power with its disappearance.
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