mul is a preposition marking something positioned opposite, facing, or toward a stated point.

As a preposition, mul marks a spatial or relational orientation toward an identified point: people, objects, places, and directions are situated opposite, before, or facing something else.

1. Preposition marking position or orientation toward a point · dominant

   The supplied forms are all tagged as Preposition. In Exodus 26:9 the sixth curtain is positioned at the tent's front; in Joshua 8:33 the people stand in relation to Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal; and in 2 Samuel 5:23 David is told to approach the enemy in relation to the balsam trees. The APB renders these clauses with terms such as "opposite," "front," and "facing," though it is a whole-verse translation.

   Exodus 26:9Joshua 8:332 Samuel 5:23Numbers 8:2Deuteronomy 34:6Nehemiah 12:38

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB commonly presents the spatial relation as "opposite" and sometimes as "front" or "facing." Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these English expressions show the clause's orientation rather than a fixed one-to-one rendering.