re.cheh denotes millstones used for grinding, also appearing in scenes of labor, sound, and pledge.

The attested uses consistently concern millstones: implements for grinding food, an object connected with a worker, a possession not to be taken in pledge, and a sound whose removal marks desolation.

1. Millstones in grinding and household labor · dominant

   In Numbers 11:8 the dual masculine absolute form occurs where the people grind gathered food; in Isaiah 47:2 the APB renders the command, “Take millstones and grind flour.” Exodus 11:5 places a maidservant behind the millstone, and Jeremiah 25:10 includes the sound of the millstones among sounds to be removed.

   Numbers 11:8Isaiah 47:2Exodus 11:5Jeremiah 25:10
2. Millstones as a pledged necessity · rare

   In Deuteronomy 24:6 the dual masculine absolute form is named in the prohibition against taking a millstone or upper millstone in pledge; the APB explains that this would be taking a life in pledge.

   Deuteronomy 24:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “millstone” or “millstones” in all five verses, including grinding, a maidservant’s location, a pledge prohibition, and the sound of millstones. These renderings confirm the verse contexts rather than isolate every contribution of the Hebrew form.