beam
ka.ru.tah denotes structural beams in building descriptions, especially cedar beams set with pillars or stone courses.
The attested use is architectural: the plural construct forms occur in descriptions of cedar structural members, placed upon pillars or alongside courses of dressed stone in building and court construction.
Senses in use
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Structural members in construction · dominant
All three occurrences use a feminine plural construct noun in building descriptions. In 1 Kings 7:2 the APB renders cedar beams as being upon cedar pillars; in 1 Kings 6:36 and 1 Kings 7:12 it renders a cedar course alongside rows of dressed stone in court construction.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the construction context with “cedar beams” in 1 Kings 7:2 and “a course of cedar beams” in 1 Kings 6:36 and 1 Kings 7:12. These phrases confirm the architectural setting rather than isolate a precise English equivalent for each token.