net
re.shet denotes a mesh or net, used for an altar grate and for an enclosure spread to catch.
The term most often denotes a net spread over someone or used to catch an afflicted person, birds, or a pursued victim; in altar instructions it denotes a bronze mesh or grate placed beneath the altar’s ledge.
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Net spread to catch or entrap · dominant
In Ezekiel 12:13 the construct form occurs in the clause where a net is spread over a man and he is caught; Ezekiel 19:8 likewise places it in the nations’ capture of him. Psalm 10:9 describes drawing the afflicted into it, while Proverbs 1:17 places a spread net before a bird.
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Bronze mesh beneath the altar · common
In Exodus 27:4 the construct form is part of instructions to make a bronze grate and attach four bronze rings at its corners. Exodus 27:5 locates the absolute form under the altar’s ledge, and Exodus 38:4 reports the making of that bronze grate.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “net” in capture scenes and calls the altar item a “grate” and “bronze net.” It also varies with “snare,” “pit net,” and “lattice”; Those renderings do not by themselves define the term.