Word

מַעֲרָכָה

maʻărâkâh · H4634 · Hebrew · 19 occurrences

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Meanings

row, layer

State in which objects are arranged in a certain order

Examples
Exodus 39:37 the pure gold lampstand, with its arrangement of lamps and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;
battle order

State in which a group of soldiers has been arranged strategically

Examples
1 Chronicles 12:38 All of these, being men of war who helped in battle formation, came to Hebron with a perfect heart to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel also were of one mind to make David king.
army

A group of soldiers ready for battle

Examples
1 Samuel 17:8 He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, “Why do you come out to draw up in battle formation? Am I not the Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man as your representative and have him come down to me.
battle field

The place where a battle takes place

Examples
1 Samuel 4:2 Then the Philistines drew up in battle formation to meet Israel. When the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

7 occurrences in 3 groups

יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael 3
אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 2
פְּלִשְׁתִּיPhilistine 2

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 3 groups

חָרַףto reproach 3
עָרַךְto set in order, to arrange, to draw up 1
קָרָאto meet, to happen 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

9 occurrences in 3 groups

מִןfrom 8
אֵלto, toward 6
בin/on/with 4

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1
נִירlamp 1
עֲדַרto be absent 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

טוּר ṭûwr · H2905 · row, course: Both words denote an ordered arrangement in the sense of a row or rank. טוּר (ṭûwr, H2905) centers on "row," while מַעֲרָכָה (maʻărâkâh, H4634) has a wider range that includes army, rank and ordered place.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Arrange002002001001: מַעֲרָכָה describes an orderly arrangement, illustrated at Judges 6:26 ("build an altar to the LORD your God... in an orderly way") and Exodus 39:37 (the lampstand "with its arrangement of lamps").
Groups001001003004: מַעֲרָכָה names a body of troops drawn up in battle order, a military group, illustrated at 1 Samuel 4:2 ("the Philistines drew up in battle formation to meet Israel") and 1 Samuel 17:8 ("the battle lines").
Space002002001017: מַעֲרָכָה marks the spatial row or line in which troops or objects are set, illustrated at 1 Samuel 17:8 and 17:10 ("the battle lines").

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

עָרַךְ ʻârak · H6186 · to array oneself, to set in array, to array · 75×עֵרֶךְ ʻêrek · H6187 · order, arrangement, set · 33×מַעֲרָכָהmaʻărâkâh · H4634מַעֲרֶכֶת maʻăreketh · H4635 · row, layer, showbread · 10×מַעֲרָךְ maʻărâk · H4633 · plans · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4634. maarakah מַעֲרָכָה noun feminine row, rank, battle-line; — 1. a. ׳מ battle-line…

H4634. maarakah
מַעֲרָכָה noun feminine row, rank, battle-line; —
1. a. ׳מ battle-line 1Sa 4:2, 1Sa 4:12, 1Sa 4:16 (twice in verse); הַמּ ׳וַיָּ֑רָץ 1Sa 17:22 and he ran to the battle-line, so 1Sa 17:28 (on reference here to Israel's line of. HPS), ׳מ מ ׳לפְרַאת 1Sa 17:21; מ ׳עֹדְרֵי 1Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v.1Ch 12:38); nearly= battle אֶלהַֿמּ ׳הַאיּצֵא הַחַיִל 1Sa 17:20.
b. plural ranks = army; construct יִשׂ ׳מַעַרְכוֺת 1Sa 17:10, 1Sa 17:45, יִשׂ ׳מַעַרְכֹת 1Sa 17:8; חַיִּים אֱלּהִים ׳מ 1Sa 17:26; 1Sa 17:36; ׳מ מְּלִשְׁתִּים 1Sa 23:3; and 1Sa 17:23 Qr, so ᵐ5A (v. omitted by B) Vulgate ᵑ7; singular ᵐ5L ᵑ6 (> Kt מערות).
2 הַמַּעֲרָכָה נֵרוֺת Exo 39:37 lamps of the row, i.e. arranged in a row. **
3 order, arrangement: ׳בַּמּ Jdg 6:26 in the (proper or usual) arrangement of an alter, compare עָרַךְ 1a Num 23:4 of altar.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0