cho.resh denotes a worker engaged in bronze or metal craft in the two attested contexts.

The attested participle identifies a male worker in metalcraft: one context concerns making bronze and iron tools, and the other concerns work in bronze for Solomon.

1. Metalworker engaged in bronze craft · dominant

   Both occurrences use a Qal active participle. In Genesis 4:22 the APB renders the surrounding clause as Tubal-cain having "forged all kinds of tools of bronze and iron"; in 1 Kings 7:14 it describes a man who could do "all work in bronze" and carried out Solomon's work.

   Genesis 4:221 Kings 7:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the two contexts through metalworking activity—"forged all kinds of tools of bronze and iron" in Genesis 4:22 and "all work in bronze" in 1 Kings 7:14. These phrases describe the clauses rather than fixed renderings of the term.