To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: 1 Chr 28:18
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 21:51:08 -0400
On 12 Jul 00, at 17:19, Bryan Rocine wrote:
> Dear B-Haverim,
> To what physical structure in the Temple does hammerkaba
> refer?
>
> How do you explain the syntax of uletabnit hammerkaba
> hakkrubim zahab?
>
> Were the large cherubim made by Solomon around the ark known
> collectively as the chariot?
Rashi comments that the merkabba refers to the cherubim, as the Divine
presence was seen as riding (or enthroned) on them.