av denotes atmospheric cloud formations, especially in scenes of rain, darkness, height, and passing imagery.

The supplied verses use the term for atmospheric formations associated with rain, darkened skies, moisture, and the heavens; the same visible feature also supplies imagery for height, swift movement, passing, and comparison. The construct occurrence in the casting scene of 2 Chronicles 4:17 is not isolated by the translation, so it does not securely establish a separate meaning.

1. Atmospheric formations in weather and imagery · dominant

   Plural forms occur in rain and storm settings: in 1 Kings 18:45 the APB renders the heavens as growing black with “clouds” before great rain, and in Ecclesiastes 11:3 they are full of rain and empty it on the land. The same noun is used in heavenly and figurative scenes: in Exodus 19:9 the APB renders a singular construct phrase as God coming “in a cloud,” while Job 30:15 compares passing salvation to a cloud.

   1 Kings 18:45Ecclesiastes 11:3Exodus 19:9Job 30:15Psalm 147:8Isaiah 60:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term as “cloud” or “clouds,” including rain-bearing, dark, thick, and swift examples. Its wording in 2 Chronicles 4:17 does not isolate the construct form’s contribution to the casting clause.