H4634 - מַעֲרָכָה (maʻărâkâh)

H4634 מַעֲרָכָה (maʻărâkâh) mah-ar-aw-kaw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

feminine of 4633; an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array

KJV Usage: army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַעֲרָכָה (ma.a.ra.khah) — rank. 1) row, rank, battle-line 1a) battle-line 1b) rank 1c) row Also means: ma.a.rah (מַעֲרָה "army" H4630)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַעֲרָכָה (H4630 · H4634) — מַעֲרָה

noun f · ערך

Arrange

row, layer = state in which objects are arranged in a certain order

EXO 39:37 · JDG 6:26

Arrange

battle order = state in which a group of soldiers has been arranged strategically

1CH 12:39

Groups

army = a group of soldiers ready for battle

1SA 17:8 · 1SA 17:10 · 1SA 17:21 · 1SA 17:21 · 1SA 17:23 · 1SA 17:26 · 1SA 17:36 · 1SA 17:45 · 1SA 23:3

Space

battle field = the place where a battle takes place

1SA 4:2 · 1SA 4:12 · 1SA 4:16 · 1SA 4:16 · 1SA 17:20 · 1SA 17:22 · 1SA 17:48

¹ EXO 39:37 RSV NRSV ESV "set" NIV REB "row" NJPS "in due order" NJB "array" ² JDG 6:26 RSV ESV "in due order" NIV NJB "proper" NRSV "in proper order" REB "of the proper pattern" GNT "well-constructed" CEV "layers" | NJPS "on the level ground" ³ 1SA 17:23 MT-K ממערות | MT-Q מִמַּעַרְכֹות

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַעֲרָכָה n.f. row, rank, battle-line;—

מ׳ battle-line

pl. ranks = army

lamps of the rows, i.e arranged in a row.

base