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mikh.lah denotes a plural construct item among the pure-gold flowers, lamps, and tongs in the temple furnishings.
The attested use places mikh.lah among a group of pure-gold furnishing items, with the APB listing “The flowers, the lamps, and the tongs” in 2 Chronicles 4:21.
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An item in a pure-gold furnishings list · dominant
In 2 Chronicles 4:21, the feminine plural construct form מִכְל֥וֹת occurs in the list of objects said to be of pure gold. The APB renders the verse, “The flowers, the lamps, and the tongs were of pure gold,” but its loose phrasing does not isolate this term's exact English counterpart.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Chronicles 4:21, the APB presents the verse as a list of “flowers, the lamps, and the tongs” made of pure gold. The exact English item corresponding to the term cannot be determined from this verse alone.