mar.beq denotes the place associated with calves kept or raised for food in the biblical scenes where it occurs.

The attested use identifies a place connected with calves: a calf is kept there in 1 Samuel 28:24, calves are eaten from its midst in Amos 6:4, and Jeremiah 46:21 compares hired men to fattened calves.

1. Place associated with kept or fattened calves · dominant

   All three occurrences use a common masculine singular absolute noun in calf-related clauses. In 1 Samuel 28:24 the APB renders a woman as having a calf there before she slaughters it; in Amos 6:4 it renders calves as eaten “from the midst of the stall”; and in Jeremiah 46:21 the comparison is to “fattened calves.”

   1 Samuel 28:24Amos 6:4Jeremiah 46:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the setting with “stall” in 1 Samuel 28:24 and Amos 6:4, while Jeremiah 46:21 renders the surrounding comparison as “fattened calves.” The precise English contribution of the noun in Jeremiah 46:21 is less explicit.