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title: מַעֲרֶכֶת — row · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲרֶכֶת (4635), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: row. BDB 1906: n.f. row, line. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲרֶכֶת

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«מַעֲרֶכֶת» 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 4635 · **BDB:** מַעֲרֶ֫כֶת

### Glosses

the.row (5); row (4); rows (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

row [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4635/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. row, line [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4635/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. row, line;—only of the rows of ‘shew’-bread; abs. מ׳ Lv 24:7, מַעֲרָ֑כֶת v 6 (P); elsewhere Chr: לֶחֶם הַמּ׳ 1 Ch 9:32; 23:29; Ne 10:34, שֻׁלְחַן הַמּ׳ 2 Ch 29:18, cf. 1 Ch 28:16; cstr. מַעֲרֶכֶת לֶחֶם 2 Ch 13:11 the row of bread, so מ׳ תָּמִיד 2:3 the row of continuity, bread continually present in rows; pl. abs. שׁתַּיִם מַעֲרָכוֹת Lv 24:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 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 «מַעֲרֶכֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4635/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 9:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.32/)

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וּמִן־בְּנֵ֧י הַקְּהָתִ֛י מִן־אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־לֶ֣חֶם הַֽמַּעֲרָ֑כֶת לְהָכִ֖ין שַׁבַּ֥ת שַׁבָּֽת׃ס

*Word for word:* and some.of the.sons of the.Kohathite\[s\] some.of relatives their \[were\].over the.bread of the.row to prepare.\[it\] sabbath sabbath

*JPS 1917:* And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

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[Leviticus 24:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.24.6/)

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וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ אוֹתָ֛ם שְׁתַּ֥יִם מַֽעֲרָכ֖וֹת שֵׁ֣שׁ הַֽמַּעֲרָ֑כֶת עַ֛ל הַשֻּׁלְחָ֥ן הַטָּהֹ֖ר לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.place them two rows six the row on the table (the) pure before Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.

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