qa.veh denotes a line used to encircle, measure, or mark out a space.

The attested noun denotes a line: it circles the cast-metal sea in 1 Kings 7:23 and is used in statements about measuring or laying out space in Jeremiah 31:39 and Zechariah 1:16.

1. Line for measuring or marking out space · dominant

   In Jeremiah 31:39, the construct-form noun occurs in the clause where the APB renders that “the measuring line shall yet go out straight” toward Gareb and then turn to Goah. In Zechariah 1:16, the absolute form appears where the APB renders that “a measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.”

   Jeremiah 31:39Zechariah 1:16
2. Line encircling a measured object · occasional

   In 1 Kings 7:23, the absolute-form noun occurs in the description of the sea's dimensions; the APB renders that “a line of thirty cubits went around it.”

   1 Kings 7:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the noun as “a line” around the sea in 1 Kings 7:23 and as “the measuring line” or “a measuring line” in Jeremiah 31:39 and Zechariah 1:16. These are translation renderings of whole clauses glosses.