qal.la.chat denotes a cooking vessel, named in scenes of priestly collection and a pot-like comparison.

The word is used for a vessel associated with cooking: in 1 Samuel 2:14 it is among containers struck with a fork, and in Micah 3:3 it supplies the vessel image for flesh placed within it.

1. Cooking vessel in practical and figurative scenes · dominant

   Both occurrences show the same singular feminine noun in a vessel context. In 1 Samuel 2:14 the APB renders a list of containers into which a fork is struck, including “the caldron”; in Micah 3:3 it renders flesh as being “in the midst of a caldron” within a violent comparison.

   1 Samuel 2:14Micah 3:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “caldron” in both cited verses. This repeated English wording confirms the verse-level vessel setting rather than establishing a finer distinction.