Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Celtic chariot burial, France, La Tène culture, c. 450 BC. The Celtic chariot, which may have been called karbantos in Gaulish (compare Latin carpentum), [52] [53] was a biga that measured approximately 2 m (6 ft 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) in width and 4 m (13 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in length. British chariots were open in front.
The noun merkavah "thing to ride in, cart" is derived from the consonantal root רכב r-k-b with the general meaning "to ride". The word "chariot" is found 44 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible—most of them referring to normal chariots on earth, [5] and although the concept of the Merkabah is associated with Ezekiel's vision (), the word is not explicitly written in Ezekiel 1.
An essedarius was a type of gladiator in Ancient Rome who fought from a chariot. The word was used in Caesar's Gallic Wars to describe British charioteers, who were driven over the battlefield, throwing spears at the enemy, then dismounted to fight or launched themselves along the chariot yoke. [1] There are few references to them in the ...
Although the chariot is usually said to be the work of Hephaestus, [56] [57] Hyginus states that it was Helios himself who built it. [58] His chariot is described as golden, [42] or occasionally "rosy", [36] and pulled by four white horses. [8] [59] [60] [47] The Horae, goddesses of the seasons, are part of his retinue and help him yoke his ...
"Chariot" (song), the title track from the album; The Chariot (band), a hardcore band from Douglasville, Georgia, United States "The Chariot" (song), by the Cat Empire "Chariot", a song by Beach House from the album B-Sides and Rarities "Chariot", a French single by Petula Clark, translated into English as "I Will Follow Him"
Egyptian War Chariot. Chariots were very expensive, heavy and prone to breakdowns, yet in contrast with early cavalry, chariots offered a more stable platform for archers. [citation needed] Chariots were also effective for archery because of the relatively long bows used, and even after the invention of the composite bow the length of the bow was not significantly reduced.
A traditional depiction of the chariot vision, based on the description in Ezekiel, with an opan on the left side. The ophanim (Hebrew: אוֹפַנִּים ʼōp̄annīm, ' wheels '; singular: אוֹפָן ʼōp̄ān), alternatively spelled auphanim or ofanim, and also called galgalim (Hebrew: גַּלְגַּלִּים galgallīm, ' spheres, wheels, whirlwinds '; singular: גַּלְגַּל ...
Hekhalot literature (sometimes transliterated as Heichalot), from the Hebrew word for "Palaces," relates to visions of entering heaven alive.The genre overlaps with Merkabah mysticism, also called "Chariot literature", which concerns Ezekiel's chariot, so the two are sometimes referred to as the "Books of the Palaces and the Chariot" (ספרות ההיכלות והמרכבה ).