me.zu.zah denotes a structural post at an entrance, including house, gate, and sanctuary entrances.

The term consistently denotes the structural posts associated with an entrance: house entrances marked with blood or writing, city-gate posts, and the posts of temple and sanctuary entrances. The same architectural feature is also named as a place beside which someone sits or stands.

1. Entrance posts in houses, gates, and sacred buildings · dominant

   The plural noun marks the two house-entry posts receiving blood in Exodus 12:7 and Exodus 12:22, while Deuteronomy 6:9 places writing on the posts of a house. In 1 Kings 6:31 and 1 Kings 6:33, plural construct forms occur in descriptions of entrances to the sanctuary and temple; Judges 16:3 likewise names the two posts taken with the city-gate doors.

   Exodus 12:7Exodus 12:22Deuteronomy 6:91 Kings 6:311 Kings 6:33Judges 16:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as “doorposts,” including house, temple, and gate contexts; Proverbs 8:34 has “posts,” while Exodus 21:6 and Ezekiel 46:2 use singular “doorpost.” These renderings reflect the verse contexts.