a.yil denotes structural pillars, including doorposts at a sanctuary entrance.

The attested use denotes structural pillars in gates, halls, and temple entrances, with the sanctuary doorway in 1 Kings 6:31 described through its doorposts. Ezekiel repeatedly places these features among chambers, arches, windows, steps, and measured dimensions.

1. Structural pillars and entrance supports · dominant

   In Ezekiel 40:10 the plural absolute form occurs in the description of pillars on both sides of the east gate, while Ezekiel 41:1 measures pillars at the temple. Construct forms repeatedly identify a gate's or hall's pillars, as in Ezekiel 40:21 and Ezekiel 40:48; in 1 Kings 6:31 the singular absolute form occurs at the sanctuary entrance, whose doorposts the APB renders as part of the doorway construction.

   Ezekiel 40:10Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:38Ezekiel 40:48Ezekiel 41:11 Kings 6:31

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB commonly presents the term in Ezekiel's architectural descriptions as “pillar” or “pillars,” while 1 Kings 6:31 renders the relevant doorway feature as “doorposts.” Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, this variation is best read as its presentation of the surrounding structural context.