Lexical Definition

‎מַעֲרָכָה‎ maʻărâkâh (mah-ar-aw-kaw') rank ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎מַעֲרָךְ‎

army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.

• an arrangement
• concretely, a pile
• specifically a military array

1) row, rank, battle-line
1a) battle-line
1b) rank
1c) row

See Greek: καῦσις · παρεμβολή

Extended Information

• Also means: ma.a.rah (‎מ‎ַ‎ע‎ֲ‎ר‎ָ‎ה‎ "army" מַעֲרָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: מַעֲרָה

‎מַעֲרָכָה‎ noun feminine row, rank, battle-line; —

1. a. ‎׳‎‎מ‎ battle-line 1Sam 4:2; 1Sam 4:12; 1Sam 4:16 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎וַיָּ֑רָץ הַמּ‎ 1Sam 17:22 and he ran to the battle-line, so v1Sam 17:28 (on reference here to Israel's line of. HPS), ‎׳‎‎לפְרַאת מ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ v1Sam 17:21 ‎׳‎‎עֹדְרֵי מ‎ 1Chr 12:39* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:38*); nearly= battle ‎הַחַיִל‎ ‎׳‎‎הַאיּצֵא אֶלהַֿמּ‎ 1Sam 17:20.
b. plural ranks = army; construct ‎׳‎‎מַעַרְכוֺת יִשׂ‎ 1Sam 17:10; 1Sam 17:45, ‎׳‎‎מַעַרְכֹת יִשׂ‎ v1Sam 17:8 ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎אֱלּהִים חַיִּים‎ v1Sam 17:26 v1Sam 17:36 ‎פְּלִשְׁתִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Sam 23:3 and 1Sam 17:23 Qr, so ᵐ5^A (v. omitted by B) Vulgate ᵑ7; singular ᵐ5^L ᵑ6 (> Kt ‎מערות‎).

2. ‎נֵרוֺת הַמַּעֲרָכָה‎ Exod 39:37 lamps of the row, i.e. arranged in a row. **

3. order, arrangement: ‎׳‎‎בַּמּ‎ Judg 6:26 in the (proper or usual) arrangement of an alter, compare ‎עָרַךְ‎ 1 a Num 23:4 of altar.

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