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title: מַעֲרָכָה — row · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲרָכָה (4634), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: row. BDB 1906: n.f. row, rank, battle-line 𝔖. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲרָכָה

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«מַעֲרָכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **row** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 4634 · **BDB:** מַעֲרָכָה

### Glosses

line (7); the.battle.lines (6); battle.line (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

row [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4634/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. row, rank, battle-line 𝔖 [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4634/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. row, rank, battle-line;— מ׳ battle-line 1 S 4:2, 12, 16(×2); וַיָּ֫רָץ הַמּ׳ 17:22 and he ran to the battle-line, so v 28 (on ref. here to Isr.’s line cf. HPS), מ׳ לִקְרַאת מ׳ v 21; עֹדְרֵי מ׳ 1 Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v 38); nearly = battle הַחַיִל הַיֹּצֵא אֶל־הַמּ׳ 1 S 17:20. pl. ranks = army; cstr. מַעַרְכוֹת יִשׂ׳ 1 S 17:10, 45, מַעַרְכֹת יִשׂ׳ v 8; מ׳ אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים v 26, 36; מ׳ פְּלִשְׁתִּים 23:3 and 17:23 Qr, so 𝔊A (v. om. B) 𝔙 𝔗; sg. 𝔊L 𝔖 (\> Kt מערות). נֵרוֹת הַמַּעֲרָכָה Ex 39:37 lamps of the row, i.e. arranged in a row. Ju 6:26.\*

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲרָכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4634/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 17:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.21/)

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וַתַּעֲרֹ֤ךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים מַעֲרָכָ֖ה לִקְרַ֥את מַעֲרָכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.deployed Israel and.\[the\] Philistines battle.line to meet battle.line

*JPS 1917:* And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

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[1 Samuel 17:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.10/)

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י אֲנִ֗י חֵרַ֛פְתִּי אֶת־מַעַרְכ֥וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה תְּנוּ־לִ֣י אִ֔ישׁ וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖ה יָֽחַד׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the Philistine I I.defy (et) the.battle.lines of.Israel the day (the) this give to me a.man so that.we.may.fight together

*JPS 1917:* And the Philistine said: 'I do taunt the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.'

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