border
zer denotes a gold edging or rim made around an object, including a feature beneath which carrying rings are placed.
The term denotes an encircling gold feature made around crafted objects. The same feature can mark the location beneath which gold rings are attached for poles used in carrying the object.
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Gold edging around an object · dominant
In Exodus 25:11, the singular construct form occurs in the instruction to overlay an object with gold inside and outside; the APB renders the clause, "make a border of gold around it." Exodus 25:25 places it with a handbreadth perimeter, while Exodus 30:3 and Exodus 37:26 describe it all around an object's top, sides, or walls. In Exodus 30:4, the construct form identifies the feature beneath which two gold rings are made on the object's sides.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the feature as a "border," including a "gold border" made around an object; in Exodus 30:3 and Exodus 30:4 it uses "molding." These are verse-level renderings, not definitions.