ye.qev denotes a winepress or vat, the place where wine is trodden, drawn, or held.

The attested use denotes a wine-processing place or container: a winepress or vat associated with treading grapes, drawing measured yield, and holding wine. Singular and plural forms occur in agricultural scenes, while one occurrence names a winepress as a location.

1. Winepress or vat for processing wine · dominant

   In Isaiah 5:2 the singular form occurs in the vineyard where a vat is hewn, and the APB renders the clause "hewed a wine vat in it." Plural forms occur where treaders do not tread in the presses in Isaiah 16:10 and Jeremiah 48:33, where vats overflow in Joel 2:24, and where people tread presses while thirsty in Job 24:11. In Haggai 2:16, someone comes to the winepress to draw a measured amount.

   Isaiah 5:2Isaiah 16:10Jeremiah 48:33Joel 2:24Job 24:11Haggai 2:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the term as "winepress," "wine vat," and "vats" in these agricultural clauses. Those renderings confirm the verse-level setting rather than establish separate lexical senses.