gul.lah denotes a bowl-shaped object, including pillar-capital features, a lampstand bowl, and upper and lower water sources.

The term most often identifies plural bowl-like features associated with the capitals of two pillars and their covering latticeworks. Elsewhere it occurs for upper and lower water sources, for the golden object broken in Ecclesiastes, and for the single vessel placed on top of the gold lampstand.

1. Bowl-like features on pillar capitals · dominant

   In 1 Kings 7:41 and 1 Kings 7:42, plural forms occur in the description of two pillars, their capitals, and latticeworks that cover the two features. In 2 Chronicles 4:12 and 2 Chronicles 4:13, the APB likewise renders the items as "bowls" associated with the capitals on the pillars' heads.

   1 Kings 7:411 Kings 7:422 Chronicles 4:122 Chronicles 4:13
2. Upper and lower water sources · occasional

   In Joshua 15:19, plural forms occur in a request following the words "give me bowls of water," after which the APB says that upper and lower bowls were given. The parallel request in Judges 1:15 concerns water and ends with the APB's "upper springs and the lower springs," showing a water-source setting rather than pillar decoration.

   Joshua 15:19Judges 1:15
3. Single vessel or bowl · occasional

   In Zechariah 4:2 and Zechariah 4:3, the singular form identifies the object on top of a gold lampstand, beside which two olive trees stand. In Ecclesiastes 12:6, a singular construct form occurs in the clause where the APB renders "the golden bowl is broken."

   Zechariah 4:2Zechariah 4:3Ecclesiastes 12:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as "bowls," including the capital features and the lampstand object, and calls the Ecclesiastes item "the golden bowl." In the water-source context it varies between "bowls of water" and "springs," so these renderings reflect the verse context rather than a word-by-word alignment.