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# שְׂדֵרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7713

**row** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

row [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7713/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׂדֵרָה: n.f. row, rank [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7713/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. row, rank of soldiers in line. 2. architectural term. (prob. for סְדֵרָה, v. supr. and cf. Ba § 92 a);—only pl. abs. שְׂדֵרוֹת 2 K 11:8 2 Ch 23:14, -רֹת 1 K 6:9 2 K 11:15;— rows, ranks, 2 K 11:8, and v 15 = 2 Ch 23:14 (where thought to be gloss by Benz, on account of מִבַּיִת, within). term. techn. of building, גֵּבִים וּשְׂדֵרֹת בָּאֲרָזִים 1 K 6:9, meaning unknown.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: ranks (3); planks (1).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 6:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.9/#tree)

וַיִּ֥בֶן אֶת־הַבַּ֖יִת וַיְכַלֵּ֑הוּ וַיִּסְפֹּ֤ן אֶת־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ גֵּבִ֔ים וּשְׂדֵרֹ֖ת בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.built (et) the house and he finished.it and he.paneled (et) the house beams and planks with (the) cedar(s)

*JPS 1917:* So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered in the house with planks of cedar over beams.

[2 Kings 11:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.11.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.11.8/#tree)

וְהִקַּפְתֶּ֨ם עַל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ סָבִ֗יב אִ֚ישׁ וְכֵלָ֣יו בְּיָד֔וֹ וְהַבָּ֥א אֶל־הַשְּׂדֵר֖וֹת יוּמָ֑ת וִהְי֥וּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּצֵאת֥וֹ וּבְבֹאֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.surround (on) the king all.around each.man and weapons his in hand his and the.\[one who\].comes into the ranks he.will.be.put.to.death and be with the king when he goes.out and when comes he

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain; and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.'

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7713/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).