shu.shan names a flower used in poetic comparison and in ornamental descriptions of crafted objects.

The attested use names a flower: it appears in poetic comparisons and garden imagery in Song of Songs, while descriptions of the pillars and a vessel’s rim use the flower’s form as an ornamental model.

1. A flower in poetic and ornamental imagery · dominant

   In Song of Songs 2:1, the singular construct form occurs in the speaker’s comparison with a flower of the valley; in Song of Songs 6:2, the plural form occurs where the beloved gathers flowers in a garden. In 1 Kings 7:19 and 1 Kings 7:26, singular forms occur in descriptions of pillar capitals and a vessel rim, which the APB renders as “lily work” and “a lily blossom.”

   Song of Songs 2:1Song of Songs 6:21 Kings 7:191 Kings 7:221 Kings 7:262 Chronicles 4:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “lily” language, including “lily work,” “a lily blossom,” and “lilies.” These renderings indicate the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent in every occurrence.