Lexicon
שְׂדֵרָה
se.de.rah
H7713
H:N-F Hebrew

rank

4
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

se.de.rah denotes arranged rows, especially ranks around the king, and also rows of cedar in building work.

The plural forms chiefly occur for ranks within a guarded military arrangement around the king; in a building context, the same plural form occurs for rows of cedar covering the house.

Senses in use

  1. Ranks in a guarded formation · dominant

    In 2 Kings 11:8 the plural noun occurs where men surround the king and anyone entering the ranks is to be put to death. In 2 Kings 11:15 and 2 Chronicles 23:14, the APB renders the setting as bringing a woman out "between the ranks," distinguishing the formation from the house of the LORD.

  2. Rows of cedar in construction · rare

    In 1 Kings 6:9, the plural noun occurs in the clause about covering the house with cedar; the APB renders this construction arrangement as "rows of cedar."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "ranks" in the three guard scenes and as "rows" in the cedar-building clause. These renderings confirm the respective verse settings rather than assigning a fixed English equivalent.

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