ro.mach denotes a weapon carried, prepared, listed with military equipment, or used in acts of violence.

The occurrences consistently place the term among weapons and military equipment: it is taken in hand, grasped by soldiers, prepared for an army, and used in self-cutting. Singular and plural forms refer to the same kind of implement in these settings.

1. Weapon in combat and military equipment · dominant

   The singular form is associated with taking a weapon in hand in Numbers 25:7 and with men "grasping spear and shield" for the army in 2 Chronicles 25:5. Plural forms occur in equipment lists: in 2 Chronicles 11:12 the APB renders "shields and spears," and in Jeremiah 46:4 it commands, "polish the spears"; 1 Kings 18:28 also places the plural among the instruments used for self-cutting.

   Numbers 25:72 Chronicles 25:52 Chronicles 11:12Jeremiah 46:41 Kings 18:282 Chronicles 26:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the contribution is explicit, the APB uses "spear" or "spears," including military lists in 2 Chronicles 11:12 and 2 Chronicles 26:14 and the weapon taken by Phinehas in Numbers 25:7. Several supplied verses contain the form while the translation does not visibly represent it, so the translation cannot isolate every occurrence.