H4634
מַעֲרָכָה
rank
1) row, rank, battle-line 1a) battle-line 1b) rank 1c) row Also means: ma.a.rah (מַעֲרָה "army" H4630)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
מַעֲרָכָה noun feminine row, rank, battle-line; —
1. a. ׳מ battle-line 1Sam 4:2; 1Sam 4:12; 1Sam 4:16 (twice in verse); ׳וַיָּ֑רָץ הַמּ 1Sam 17:22 and he ran to the battle-line, so v1Sam 17:28 (on reference here to Israel's line of. HPS), ׳לפְרַאת מ ׳מ v1Sam 17:21 ׳עֹדְרֵי מ 1Chr 12:39 (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:38); nearly= battle הַחַיִל ׳הַאיּצֵא אֶלהַֿמּ 1Sam 17:20.
b. plural ranks = army; construct ׳מַעַרְכוֺת יִשׂ 1Sam 17:10; 1Sam 17:45, ׳מַעַרְכֹת יִשׂ v1Sam 17:8 ׳מ אֱלּהִים חַיִּים v1Sam 17:26 v1Sam 17:36 פְּלִשְׁתִּים ׳מ 1Sam 23:3 and 1Sam 17:23 Qr, so ᵐ5A (v. omitted by B) Vulgate ᵑ7; singular ᵐ5L ᵑ6 (> Kt מערות).
b. plural ranks = army; construct ׳מַעַרְכוֺת יִשׂ 1Sam 17:10; 1Sam 17:45, ׳מַעַרְכֹת יִשׂ v1Sam 17:8 ׳מ אֱלּהִים חַיִּים v1Sam 17:26 v1Sam 17:36 פְּלִשְׁתִּים ׳מ 1Sam 23:3 and 1Sam 17:23 Qr, so ᵐ5A (v. omitted by B) Vulgate ᵑ7; singular ᵐ5L ᵑ6 (> Kt מערות).
2. נֵרוֺת הַמַּעֲרָכָה Exod 39:37 lamps of the row, i.e. arranged in a row.
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3. order, arrangement: ׳בַּמּ Judg 6:26 in the (proper or usual) arrangement of an alter, compare עָרַךְ 1 a Num 23:4 of altar.
16 occurrences
Exodus (1), Judges (1), I Samuel (14)