Difference between revisions of "Range"

<p> ''''' rānj ''''' : "Range" and "rank" have the same derivation, and in the sense of a "row" (of men, etc.) they were formerly interchangeable. "Range" with this meaning is found in &nbsp; 2 Kings 11:8 , &nbsp;2 Kings 11:15 the King James Version parallel &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 23:14 (the Revised Version (British and American) "rank"; שׂדרה , <i> ''''' sedhērāh ''''' </i> , "row"). Hence, "to range" is "to set in a line" (Judith 2:16; 2 Macc 12:20, <i> ''''' diatássō ''''' </i> ) or "to move in a line" or, simply, "to roam," whence "a ranging bear" (&nbsp;Proverbs 28:15; שׁקק , <i> ''''' shāḳaḳ ''''' </i> , "run to and fro"). A cooking "range" is a stove on which pots, etc., can be set in a row, but the כּירים , <i> ''''' kı̄rayim ''''' </i> of &nbsp;Leviticus 11:35 is a much more primitive affair, composed, probably, of two plates ( <i> ''''' kı̄rayim ''''' </i> is a dual). In &nbsp;Job 39:8 "range of the mountains" is good modern use, but יתר , <i> ''''' ythr ''''' </i> , should be pointed <i> ''''' yāthūr ''''' </i> (not <i> ''''' yethūr ''''' </i> as in Massoretic Text) and connected with <i> ''''' tūr ''''' </i> , "search." So translate. "He searcheth out the mountains as his pasture." </p>

<p> is the rendering of two Heb. words of marked import, besides one or two in an ordinary sense. </p> <p> '''1.''' '''''כַּיר''''' , [[Kir]] (only in the dual, '''''כַּירִיַם''''' , ''Kira'Yim,'' &nbsp;Leviticus 11:35, "ranges for pots"), apparently a cooking-furnace, perhaps of pottery (as it could be broken), and double (as having places for two pots or more, or, perhaps, consisting of two stoves set together). (See [[Oven]]); (See [[Pot]]). </p> <p> '''2.''' '''''שְׂדֵרָה''''' '', Sederah','' a ''Rank,'' or row, of soldiers, drawn up in cordon ("range," &nbsp;2 Kings 11:8; &nbsp;2 Kings 11:15; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 23:14); also timbers or chambers in the stories of a building ("board," &nbsp;1 Kings 6:9). (See [[Temple]] Athaliah) </p> <p> . </p>