ya denotes a plural implement listed among bronze altar and temple vessels.

The term consistently denotes an implement included in inventories of bronze altar and temple vessels, appearing with pots, bowls, forks, censers, and other articles. It is named both in instructions and manufacture of altar equipment and in lists of temple articles made or taken away.

1. Implement among altar and temple vessels · dominant

   All occurrences use a common masculine plural noun in lists of vessels or articles. In Exodus 27:3 the APB renders an inventory of altar equipment including “its shovels”; in 1 Kings 7:40 and 2 Kings 25:14 it similarly includes “the shovels” among vessels made for or removed from the temple.

   Exodus 27:3Exodus 38:3Numbers 4:141 Kings 7:401 Kings 7:452 Chronicles 4:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently presents the item as “shovels” within lists of altar, temple, or bronze articles. This consistency confirms the verse-level inventory context rather than establishing a finer distinction.