ba.kah denotes trees used as a landmark and as the setting for a sound heard before battle.

The attested plural noun denotes trees that mark the place from which an approach is to be made and whose tops are the location of a sound heard before action in battle.

1. Trees marking an approach and heard sound · dominant

   All four occurrences use the common masculine plural absolute form in instructions concerning an approach and a subsequent sound. In 1 Chronicles 14:14 and 2 Samuel 5:23 the APB renders the approach as being opposite “the balsam trees”; in 1 Chronicles 14:15 and 2 Samuel 5:24 it renders the sound as occurring in their tops before battle.

   1 Chronicles 14:141 Chronicles 14:152 Samuel 5:232 Samuel 5:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all four verses, the APB presents the noun as “balsam trees,” both as an approach landmark and as the trees whose tops are associated with the sound. This reflects the verse-level translation rather than a word-by-word alignment.