qoph denotes apes listed among the goods brought by the king’s ships.

The attested plural noun denotes apes as part of the cargo brought by ships in both supplied verses.

1. Apes among imported cargo · dominant

   In 1 Kings 10:22 and 2 Chronicles 9:21, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in a list of goods carried by ships; the APB renders the list with “apes” alongside gold, silver, ivory, and peacocks.

   1 Kings 10:222 Chronicles 9:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across 1 Kings 10:22 and 2 Chronicles 9:21, the APB presents the item as “apes” within the ships’ cargo lists. The verse is read as a whole, but both verses place it in the same kind of list.