ach denotes the hearth before the king, where a fire burns and a scroll is thrown to be consumed.

The attested use denotes the hearth as the place before the king where fire burns and into which the scroll is thrown for burning.

1. Hearth as the location of a burning fire · dominant

   In Jeremiah 36:22, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the clause describing the king seated in the winter house with a fire burning before him. In Jeremiah 36:23, the same form occurs twice in the clause where the torn scroll is thrown into the fire and is consumed there; the APB renders the location as “the hearth.”

   Jeremiah 36:22Jeremiah 36:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “the hearth” in both cited verses, first with fire burning before the king and then as the location of the consuming fire. The verse is read as a whole.