מַעֲרָכָה

מַעֲרָכָהf. (b. h.; עָרַךְ) 1) arrangement, order, esp. pile of wood on the altar in the Temple. Yoma 33a אביי מסדר מ׳ … מ׳ גדולהוכ׳ Abbayi related the order of the priestly functions in behalf of the college … as follows: the large pile comes before Tam.II, 3, sq. Tosef. Yoma III (II), 3; Yoma 45a; a. fr.pl. מַעֲרָכוֹת. Ib. IV, 6; a. fr. 2) line of battle, battle-field. Midr. Sam. ch. XI; Yalk. ib. 102 במ׳ היה he (Saul) was in the battle.