When I'm worried about this, I use {{a, b, c}} to specify the row a, b, c (they can be any list) and Transpose [{{a, b, c}}] to indicate the column a, b, c.
MatrixForm[a = RandomInteger[{0, 6}, {2, 2}]]
MatrixForm[b = RandomInteger[{0, 6}, {2, 2}]]
MatrixForm[c = RandomInteger[{0, 6}, {2, 2}]]
w = {a, b, c};
MatrixForm[w]
w = {{a, b, c}};
MatrixForm[w]
w = Transpose[{{a, b, c}}];
MatrixForm[w]
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