ma.a.re.khet denotes an ordered placement, especially the arranged bread set out on the table.

The attested use points to an ordered placement associated chiefly with bread: the bread is set out in specified groupings on a pure table, and later accounts refer to its preparation, its table, and its place among temple provisions. The supplied contexts do not clearly establish a separate non-bread use.

1. Ordered placement of bread · dominant

   In Leviticus 24:6, the singular absolute form occurs in the instruction to set the items in two groups of six on the pure table; in Leviticus 24:7, frankincense is placed upon that arrangement. In 1 Chronicles 9:32 and 1 Chronicles 23:29, the APB renders clauses concerning bread prepared repeatedly and “the bread of the row,” while 2 Chronicles 13:11 refers to “the row of bread” on the pure table.

   Leviticus 24:6Leviticus 24:71 Chronicles 9:321 Chronicles 23:291 Chronicles 28:162 Chronicles 13:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant clauses with “rows,” “the row,” “the bread of the row,” and “the row of bread.” These phrases show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent in every occurrence.