setting
mil.lu.ah denotes the settings in which the breastpiece stones are placed, including gold settings.
The attested use concerns settings associated with the rows of stones: a singular construct form occurs with a setting of stones, while plural construct forms occur where the stones are described in their settings of gold.
Senses in use
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Settings for rows of stones · dominant
In Exodus 28:17, the singular construct noun occurs in the instruction to fill the item with a setting of stones and four rows. In Exodus 28:20 and Exodus 39:13, plural construct forms occur in the description of the fourth row; the APB renders the surrounding clauses with stones "in their settings."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the surrounding construction as "a setting of stones" in Exodus 28:17 and as stones "in their settings" in Exodus 28:20 and Exodus 39:13. The precise English correspondence remains partly uncertain.