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row, rank, battle-line; arrangement in order (especially military formation)
This noun denotes an ordered arrangement, especially a battle-line or military formation. First Samuel 17 uses it repeatedly for the 'ranks' of Israel's army that Goliath defies—'the ranks of the living God' (v. 26). It can also mean a row or arrangement of lamps (Exodus 39:37, 'lamps arranged in a row'). The term captures the idea of deliberate ordering: soldiers standing in formation, lamps set in sequence, organized arrays. The phrase 'battle-line against battle-line' (1 Samuel 17:21) evokes the formal, almost ritualized confrontation of ancient Near Eastern warfare.
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† מַעֲרָכָה n.f. row, rank, battle-line;— 1. a. מ׳ battle-line 1 S 4:2, 12, 16(×2); וַיָּ֫רָץ הַמּ׳ 17:22 and he ran to the battle-line, so v 28 (on ref. here to Isr.’s line cf. HPS), מ׳ לִקְרַאת מ׳ v 21; עֹדְרֵי מ׳ 1 Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v 38); nearly = battle הַחַיִל הַיֹּצֵא אֶל־הַמּ׳ 1 S 17:20. b. pl. ranks = army; cstr. מַעַרְכוֹת יִשׂ׳ 1 S 17:10, 45, מַעַרְכֹת יִשׂ׳ v 8; מ׳ אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים…