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Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects

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Credit: צולם על ידי חסן אבו חאמד

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Comments: A saddle is a device intended for sitting on the back of riding animals.

 

Credit: Maor X

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Comments: A dromedary with a decorated saddle for a tourist ride, near the Dead Sea

 

Credit: User:MatthiasKabel

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Comments: Roman squirrel saddle. Reconstruction without a saddle tree according to Marcus Junkelmann (now considered outdated).

 

Credit: Wolfgang Sauber

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Comments: Weißenburg (Bavaria). Roman Museum: Reconstruction of an ancient Roman cavalry saddle.

 

From ISBE: Saddle, sad'-'-l: As noun (merkabh, "a riding seat") the word occurs in Leviticus 15:9 (margin "carriage"); ordinarily it is used as a verb (chabhash, literally, to "bind up" or "gird about"), to saddle an ass (Genesis 22:3; Numbers 22:21; Judges 19:10, etc.).

Verses:

  • Genesis 22:3
  • Genesis 31:34
  • Leviticus 15:9
  • Numbers 22:21
  • Judges 5:10
  • Judges 19:10
  • 2 Samuel 16:1
  • 2 Samuel 17:23
  • 2 Samuel 19:26
  • 1 Kings 2:40
  • 1 Kings 13:13
  • 1 Kings 13:23
  • 1 Kings 13:27
  • 2 Kings 4:24
  • Ezekiel 27:20
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​s/saddle.html. 2024.
 
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