me.chab.b.rah denotes clamps or fastening pieces supplied for gates and building repair.

The attested plural noun refers to clamps or fastening pieces in construction contexts: materials prepared for gate doors and materials purchased in rebuilding work.

1. Construction fastenings · dominant

   Both occurrences show the plural noun among building materials. In 1 Chronicles 22:3 the APB renders a list of iron prepared for gate-door nails and “clamps”; in 2 Chronicles 34:11 it renders timber obtained “for the clamps” in work on ruined houses.

   1 Chronicles 22:32 Chronicles 34:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “clamps” in both verses.