מַעֲרָכָה
maʻărâkâh · mah-ar-aw-kaw'
an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4633 (מַעֲרָךְ);
an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array
- an arrangement
- concretely, a pile
- specifically, a military array
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַעֲרָכָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- out of the army3 · 15%
- the armies3 · 15%
- army2 · 10%
- to be set in order1 · 5%
- rows1 · 5%
- in the ordered place1 · 5%
- of the army1 · 5%
- unto the armies1 · 5%
- to the fight1 · 5%
- into the army1 · 5%
- out of the armies1 · 5%
- of the armies1 · 5%
- toward the army1 · 5%
- against the armies1 · 5%
- rank1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.