1 Samuel 17:21:61 Sam.17.21.W6TAB
מַעֲרָכָֽה׃
maarakha
“a battle line or an array”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-ra-KHA
- Extended
- mah-ah-rah-KHAA
- IPA
- /maʕă.raːˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a battle line or an array
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-a-ra-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
lik-RAT ma-a-ra-KHA
- sentence
va-ta-a-ROKH yis-ra-EL u-fe-lish-TIM ma-a-ra-KHA lik-RAT ma-a-ra-KHA
Exegesis
The noun ma‘arakha {מַעֲרָכָה | ma-‘ă-rā-ḵā} appears twice, emphasizing each army’s organized formation.
Root and etymology
‘-r-khayin–resh–kaf
“to arrange, set in order”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:21
Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, each battle line facing the other.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:21, so the Hebrew word מַעֲרָכָֽה׃ (maarakha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.17.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.21.W6.S1) and character.