cha.mu.dah denotes valued items, describing Esau’s garments and gleaming bronze articles.

The attested plural forms describe objects treated as especially valued: Esau’s garments in Genesis 27:15 and gleaming bronze articles likened in value to gold in Ezra 8:27.

1. Valued objects and garments · dominant

   Both occurrences are feminine plural absolute nouns used of tangible items. In Genesis 27:15, the form modifies Esau's garments that Rebekah puts on Jacob; the APB renders them “the desirable ones.” In Ezra 8:27, it identifies two gleaming bronze articles presented alongside gold bowls, and the APB calls them “desirable articles” and compares their value with gold.

   Genesis 27:15Ezra 8:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “the desirable ones” for Esau’s garments in Genesis 27:15 and “desirable articles” for bronze objects in Ezra 8:27. These phrases confirm the verses’ presentation of valued objects rather than establish separate meanings.