me.cho.lah denotes dancing, especially as people go out with music, meet someone, or join a public gathering.

The attested use denotes dancing as a visible activity in public or communal settings: women go out with tambourines, people meet returning figures, and dancers are watched in a gathering. The singular construct form in Song of Songs 7:1 is present in a verse whose APB wording does not make its specific contribution identifiable.

1. Dancing in communal and public settings · dominant

   The plural absolute forms occur where women go out with tambourines and dances in Exodus 15:20 and Judges 11:34, and where women meet Saul while singing and dancing in 1 Samuel 18:6. They also occur in a camp scene in Exodus 32:19, in singing about David in 1 Samuel 29:5, and when the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in Judges 21:21; in each case the APB renders the surrounding clause with “dances” or “dancing.”

   Exodus 15:20Exodus 32:19Judges 11:34Judges 21:211 Samuel 18:61 Samuel 29:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearest activity contexts, the APB uses “dances” and “dancing,” often alongside tambourines or singing. This is a verse-level a whole-verse translation; in 1 Samuel 21:12 and Song of Songs 7:1, the APB text does not visibly isolate the term’s contribution.