qo.rah denotes a structural timber, including beams used in building and a roof-related construction element.

The attested uses refer to structural wooden elements: timbers taken and cut for a dwelling, beams incorporated into a building, and a roof-related element named in a protective dwelling phrase.

1. Structural timber in buildings and dwellings · dominant

   Singular and plural forms occur for building timbers: in 2 Kings 6:2 the APB renders the planned material as “a beam,” and in 2 Kings 6:5 one is being felled when iron falls into the water. In 2 Chronicles 3:7 and Song of Songs 1:17, plural forms occur in clauses about beams of a house; the construct singular in Genesis 19:8 appears in the phrase about coming under the shadow of a roof.

   2 Chronicles 3:72 Kings 6:22 Kings 6:5Genesis 19:8Song of Songs 1:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “beam” or “beams” in the construction passages and as “roof” in Genesis 19:8. The variation should be read as the verse-level presentation of a structural building element.