office
ma.a.mad denotes an assigned position or duty, and in royal scenes the seating arrangement of servants.
The attested uses chiefly concern a designated place or responsibility in organized service, while two parallel royal descriptions apply the term to the seating of servants.
Senses in use
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Assigned position in service · dominant
The supplied forms are tagged as masculine singular construct nouns. In 1 Chronicles 23:28 the APB renders a Levites' role as being "under the hand of the sons of Aaron" for service in God's house; in 2 Chronicles 35:15 it says the singers "stood upon their office," and Isaiah 22:19 describes removal "from your office" and "from your station."
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Seating arrangement of servants · common
In the parallel royal scenes of 1 Kings 10:5 and 2 Chronicles 9:4, the construct form occurs in a list of the king's provisions, attendants, clothing, and cupbearers. The APB renders the relevant setting as "the seating of his servants" in both verses.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the service-related occurrences with "office" and "station," while the two royal descriptions use "seating of his servants." These renderings show the surrounding clauses rather than a fixed English equivalent.