latticework
se.va.khah denotes an openwork network, chiefly ornamenting pillar capitals, and also appears in an upper-room fall and net imagery.
The term most often denotes openwork attached to and surrounding the capitals of pillars, associated with rows of pomegranates and covering the capital bowls. Its remaining uses place such a structure in an upper room and in imagery involving a net and a person's feet.
Senses in use
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Decorative openwork on pillar capitals · dominant
The singular and plural noun forms occur with capitals, pillars, bowls, and pomegranates. In 1 Kings 7:42 the APB renders two rows of pomegranates for each structure, which cover the bowls on the pillars; 2 Chronicles 4:12 likewise places the plural forms over the capital bowls.
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Upper-room openwork structure · occasional
In 2 Kings 1:2, the singular absolute noun occurs in the clause describing Ahaziah falling through a structure in his upper room. The APB renders the verse with “latticework,” though the translation does not align English words to individual Hebrew terms.
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Open mesh in net imagery · rare
In Job 18:8, the singular absolute noun appears in a line where a person is cast into a net by his feet and walks upon the structure. The APB renders it “a lattice,” placing the term within the verse's trapping imagery.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the architectural occurrences as “latticework” or “latticeworks,” and also uses “network of latticework” in 2 Kings 25:17. It renders the other settings as “latticework” in 2 Kings 1:2 and “a lattice” in Job 18:8; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.