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title: שְׂדֵרָה — row · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂדֵרָה (7713), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: row. BDB 1906: n.f. row, rank. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂדֵרָה

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«שְׂדֵרָה» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7713 · **BDB:** שְׂדֵרָה

### Glosses

ranks (3); planks (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

row [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7713/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. row, rank [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7713/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. row, rank of soldiers in line. 2. architectural term. (prob. for סְדֵרָה, v. supr. and cf. Ba § 92 a);—only pl. abs. שְׂדֵרוֹת 2 K 11:8 2 Ch 23:14, -רֹת 1 K 6:9 2 K 11:15;— rows, ranks, 2 K 11:8, and v 15 = 2 Ch 23:14 (where thought to be gloss by Benz, on account of מִבַּיִת, within). term. techn. of building, גֵּבִים וּשְׂדֵרֹת בָּאֲרָזִים 1 K 6:9, meaning unknown.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂדֵרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7713/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.9/)

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וַיִּ֥בֶן אֶת־הַבַּ֖יִת וַיְכַלֵּ֑הוּ וַיִּסְפֹּ֤ן אֶת־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ גֵּבִ֔ים וּשְׂדֵרֹ֖ת בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.built (et) the house and he finished.it and he.paneled (et) the house beams and planks with (the) cedar(s)

*JPS 1917:* So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered in the house with planks of cedar over beams.

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[2 Kings 11:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.11.8/)

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וְהִקַּפְתֶּ֨ם עַל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ סָבִ֗יב אִ֚ישׁ וְכֵלָ֣יו בְּיָד֔וֹ וְהַבָּ֥א אֶל־הַשְּׂדֵר֖וֹת יוּמָ֑ת וִהְי֥וּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּצֵאת֥וֹ וּבְבֹאֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.surround (on) the king all.around each.man and weapons his in hand his and the.\[one who\].comes into the ranks he.will.be.put.to.death and be with the king when he goes.out and when comes he

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain; and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.'

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