King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4634
Transliteration: maarakah
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ar-aw-kaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: row, rank, battle line
Meaning: an arrangement, a pile, a military array
Word Summary
maarakah: row, rank, battle line
Original Word: מַעֲרָכָהTransliteration: maarakah
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ar-aw-kaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: row, rank, battle line
Meaning: an arrangement, a pile, a military array
Strong's Concordance
army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row Feminine of ma'arak; an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array -- army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.
see HEBREW ma'arak
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4634. maarakah
מַעֲרָכָה noun feminine row, rank, battle-line; —
1. a. ׳מ battle-line 1 Samuel 4:2, 12, 16 (twice in verse); הַמּ ׳וַיָּ֑רָץ 17:22 and he ran to the battle-line, so 17:28 (on reference here to Israel's line of. HPS), ׳מ מ ׳לפְרַאת 17:21; מ ׳עֹדְרֵי 1 Chronicles 12:39 (van d. H. v.12:38); nearly= battle אֶלהַֿמּ ׳הַאיּצֵא הַחַיִל 1 Samuel 17:20.
b. plural ranks = army; construct יִשׂ ׳מַעַרְכוֺת 1 Samuel 17:10, 45, יִשׂ ׳מַעַרְכֹת 17:8; חַיִּים אֱלּהִים ׳מ 17:26; 17:36; ׳מ מְּלִשְׁתִּים 23:3; and 17:23 Qr, so ᵐ5A (v. omitted by B) Vulgate ᵑ7; singular ᵐ5L ᵑ6 (> Kt מערות).
2 הַמַּעֲרָכָה נֵרוֺת Exodus 39:37 lamps of the row, i.e. arranged in a row. **
3 order, arrangement: ׳בַּמּ Judges 6:26 in the (proper or usual) arrangement of an alter, compare עָרַךְ 1a Numbers 23:4 of altar.