ma.a.kho.let denotes material associated with burning; one occurrence is not isolated by the APB translation.

The attested use points to material associated with burning: Isaiah 9:18 places the construct noun within a scene of fire consuming vegetation, while Isaiah 9:4 does not allow its specific contribution to be isolated in the APB translation.

1. Material associated with burning · dominant

   Both attestations use a feminine singular construct noun. In Isaiah 9:18 the APB renders a scene in which wickedness “burns like a fire” and consumes briers, thorns, and forest thickets, supporting an association with burning material; in Isaiah 9:4 the APB renders the breaking of a yoke, rod, and oppressor’s staff, without making this noun’s contribution separately visible.

   Isaiah 9:18Isaiah 9:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB makes a fire-and-consumption setting explicit in Isaiah 9:18, but in Isaiah 9:4 it renders the yoke, rod, and staff being broken without an identifiable corresponding English expression. It cannot settle the noun’s exact English rendering in either verse.