av denotes a structural threshold or thresholds at the front or entrance areas of buildings.

The attested uses describe structural thresholds associated with the front or entrance areas of a hall and temple building features, including a plural reference to thresholds.

1. Structural thresholds at building entrances · dominant

   In 1 Kings 7:6, the singular absolute form occurs in the description of a hall with pillars and a threshold at its front. In Ezekiel 41:25, the singular construct form is associated with the doors of the temple and the outside face of the hall; Ezekiel 41:26 uses the plural absolute form among the building features. The APB renders these clauses with “a threshold” and “the thresholds.”

   1 Kings 7:6Ezekiel 41:25Ezekiel 41:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “a threshold” in 1 Kings 7:6 and Ezekiel 41:25, and as “the thresholds” in Ezekiel 41:26. These renderings confirm the building context without isolating every grammatical relation.