e.rekh denotes an assessed amount or set valuation, especially in priestly valuations, and also appears in arranging table items.

The predominant use concerns a fixed or assessed amount: persons, animals, fields, and redemption payments are assigned values, often stated in silver or shekels. A smaller Exodus use occurs where items on the table are put in order.

1. Assessed amount for vows, offerings, and redemption · dominant

   The construct noun occurs in clauses that set or apply assessed amounts. In Leviticus 27:3 the APB renders a stated amount of fifty shekels for a male, while Leviticus 27:27 applies the amount when an unclean animal is redeemed or sold; Numbers 18:16 likewise gives five shekels for redemption. In 2 Kings 23:35, the APB renders the clause with each person paying according to an "assessed amount."

   Leviticus 27:3Leviticus 27:12Leviticus 27:27Leviticus 5:15Numbers 18:162 Kings 23:35
2. Arrangement of items on the table · rare

   In Exodus 40:4 the noun stands in the instruction to bring in the table and "arrange its articles." Exodus 40:23 similarly places the bread on the table before the LORD, which the APB renders as having "arranged the bread on it."

   Exodus 40:4Exodus 40:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: In the assessment passages, the APB commonly uses "valuation" or "valued," and in 2 Kings 23:35 it uses "assessed amount." In Exodus 40:4 and Exodus 40:23 it renders the surrounding action with "arrange" or "arranged".