ke.sel names the bodily loin region in sacrificial instructions and occurs in contexts of reliance or folly.

Its dominant attested use identifies the loin region, especially where fat beside the kidneys is removed in sacrificial instructions. Other singular construct uses occur in clauses concerning confidence or trust, while two poetic or wisdom contexts associate the term with folly.

1. The loin region in bodily and sacrificial descriptions · dominant

   The plural absolute form identifies the location of fat beside the kidneys in the sacrificial directions of Leviticus 3:10, Leviticus 3:15, Leviticus 3:4, Leviticus 4:9, and Leviticus 7:4; in each, the APB renders the clause as fat "on the loins." In Job 15:27, the singular absolute occurs where the APB says that fat has been gathered "upon his loins."

   Leviticus 3:10Leviticus 3:15Leviticus 3:4Leviticus 4:9Leviticus 7:4Job 15:27
2. Confidence or trust in a stated object · common

   Singular construct forms occur in clauses of reliance: Job 31:24 speaks of setting gold as confidence, and Job 8:14 describes confidence being cut off. Proverbs 3:26 places the LORD "at your side," while Psalm 78:7 says that they will "set their trust in God"; the APB is a translation and does not align an English token to the Hebrew form.

   Job 31:24Job 8:14Proverbs 3:26Psalm 78:7
3. Folly in wisdom and judgment contexts · occasional

   In Ecclesiastes 7:25, the singular absolute occurs in the speaker's search to know "the wickedness of folly and the foolishness of madness." In Psalm 49:14, another singular absolute appears in a verse portraying those appointed to Sheol; the supplied translation does not isolate the form's contribution, so the connection remains less explicit there.

   Ecclesiastes 7:25Psalm 49:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: In the Leviticus instructions and Job 15:27, the APB explicitly uses "loins" for the bodily setting. In the other contexts it uses wording such as "confidence," "trust," and "folly,", so these render the clauses rather than securely marking a single English equivalent for the Hebrew form.