miq.la.at denotes carved ornamental designs placed on architectural surfaces and furnishings.

The attested use denotes carved decorative designs: it occurs for cedarwork, surrounding walls, olive-wood doors, and the lip of a stand, including designs of cherubim, palms, gourds, and open flowers.

1. Carved decorative designs · dominant

   In 1 Kings 6:18, the singular construct form occurs in the cedar interior alongside gourds and open flowers; the APB renders the clause "carving of gourds and open flowers." The plural forms occur for designs carved on the house walls and olive-wood doors in 1 Kings 6:29 and 1 Kings 6:32, and for designs on the lip of a stand in 1 Kings 7:31; the APB variously renders these clauses with "engravings" and "carvings."

   1 Kings 6:181 Kings 6:291 Kings 6:321 Kings 7:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term's contexts with "carving," "engravings," and "carvings." These renderings confirm the verses' decorative-carving contexts rather than isolate a precise English equivalent in every clause.