ma.nor denotes the beam used to compare the size or form of a spear’s shaft.

The attested use is a beam in comparisons describing a spear’s shaft: the construct-form noun occurs where the shaft is said to be like a weaver’s beam.

1. Beam used in a spear-shaft comparison · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 17:7 and 2 Samuel 21:19, the masculine singular construct form occurs in the clause comparing a spear’s shaft with a weaver’s beam; the APB renders the comparison “like a weaver’s beam.” The same comparison appears in 1 Chronicles 20:5, while 1 Chronicles 11:23 describes a spear in the Egyptian’s hand as being like a weaver’s beam.

   1 Chronicles 11:231 Chronicles 20:51 Samuel 17:72 Samuel 21:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the comparison as “like a weaver’s beam,” either of a spear’s shaft or of the spear itself. This wording confirms the clause’s comparison rather than isolating each term precisely.