se.mel denotes a manufactured cultic image, whether made in a human form or positioned at a sanctuary entrance or within a house of worship.

The occurrences depict a cultic image: one that may be made in a male or female form, installed in a house of worship, removed from it, or identified at an entrance as an image associated with jealousy.

1. Cultic image in worship settings · dominant

   In 2 Chronicles 33:7 the masculine singular absolute form is the image placed in the house of God; in 2 Chronicles 33:15 the same form is removed from the house and thrown outside the city. In Ezekiel 8:3 and Ezekiel 8:5, the masculine singular construct form occurs in the phrase the APB renders "the idol of the jealousy," located at an inner gate or entrance.

   2 Chronicles 33:152 Chronicles 33:7Ezekiel 8:3Ezekiel 8:5
2. Image made in a human form · rare

   In Deuteronomy 4:16, the masculine singular absolute form is the object people are warned not to make; the APB renders the following description as "the likeness of any form, the pattern of male or female."

   Deuteronomy 4:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all five verses, the APB presents the term as "idol." In Ezekiel 8:3 and Ezekiel 8:5, it expands the construct phrase as "the idol of the jealousy".