מַעֲרֶכֶת
maʻăreketh · mah-ar-eh'-keth
an arrangement, i.e. (concretely) a pile (of loaves)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6186 (עָרַךְ);
an arrangement, i.e. (concretely) a pile (of loaves)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: row, shewbread.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַעֲרֶכֶת 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- on a row1 · 11%
- upon each row1 · 11%
- were over the shewbread1 · 11%
- both for the shewbread1 · 11%
- of shewbread1 · 11%
- shewbread1 · 11%
- the shewbread1 · 11%
- thereof, and the shewbread1 · 11%
- for the shewbread1 · 11%
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.