u.lam denotes an architectural hall, especially one situated at a house, temple, or gate.

The noun denotes an architectural hall in house, temple, and gate settings: it is placed before the temple in 1 Kings 6:3, measured with pillars and steps in Ezekiel 40:49, and used as a route through a gate in Ezekiel 44:3. The same spatial use also places it between the temple and altar in Ezekiel 8:16 and Joel 2:17.

1. Architectural hall or entrance-area · dominant

   The singular noun identifies a built hall in several settings. In 1 Kings 6:3 the APB renders a hall in front of the temple; in Ezekiel 40:49 it renders a hall whose length, width, steps, and flanking pillars are described; and in Ezekiel 44:3 the construct form occurs in the route described as the hall of the gate. In Joel 2:17 the APB places the priests between this hall and the altar.

   1 Kings 6:31 Kings 7:6Ezekiel 40:49Ezekiel 44:3Ezekiel 8:16Joel 2:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the noun as “hall,” adding contextual phrases such as “hall of the gate” and “Hall of the LORD.” Those English labels confirm the verses' architectural setting rather than establish separate lexical senses.