Strong's Lexicon

H4635

H4635 — מַעֲרֶכֶת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewma`arekethnoun femOccurrences: 9TWOT: 1694e

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4635
Word:	מַעֲרֶכֶת
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H6186
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	ma`areketh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mah-ar-eh'-keth
Meaning:	1. an arrangement 2. (concretely) a pile (of loaves)
KJV Renderings:	row, shewbread.

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BDB6386

מַּעֲרֶ֫נֶת noun feminine row, line; — only of the rows of 'shew'-bread; absolute ׳ מ Lev 24:7, מַעֲרָ֑כֶת Lev 24:6 ( P ); elsewhere Chronicles: ׳ לֶחֶם הַמּ 1Chr 9:32; 1Chr 23:29; Neh 10:34, ׳ שֻׁלְחַן הַמּ 2Chr 29:18, compare 1Chr 28:16 construct מַעֲרֶכֶת לֶחֶם 2Chr 13:11 the row of bread, so ׳ מ 2Chr 2:3 the row of continuity, bread continually present in rows; plural absolute שׁתַּיִם מַעֲרָכוֺת Lev 24:6.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מערכת (mah-găreh-cheth)

Leviticus 24:6

KJV: And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.

EHCC: six on 4 row, upon the pure table

1 Chronicles 9:32

KJV: And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.shewbread: Heb. bread of ordering

EHCC: the shewbread, (marg. bread of ordering)

1 Chronicles 23:29

KJV: Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;pan: or, flat plate

EHCC: Both for the shewbread, and for

1 Chronicles 28:16

KJV: And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:

EHCC: gold for the tables of shewbread,

2 Chronicles 2:4

KJV: Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.sweet…: Heb. incense of spices

EHCC: (3).and for the continual shewbread,

2 Chronicles 13:11

KJV: And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.

EHCC: the shewbread also (set they in order)

2 Chronicles 29:18

KJV: Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

EHCC: and the shewbread table,

Nehemiah 10:33

KJV: For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

EHCC: (34). For the shewbread, and for