sha.lav describes the fitted joining of paired tenons on each tabernacle board.

The attested form describes paired tenons fitted together on each board in the tabernacle instructions and their execution.

1. Fitted joining of paired tenons · dominant

   In Exodus 26:17, the passive participle describes two tenons on one board as fitted to one another; the APB renders the clause “fitted one to the other.” Exodus 36:22 repeats the same board construction in the completed work, where the APB renders “fitted one to one.”

   Exodus 26:17Exodus 36:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Exodus 26:17 and Exodus 36:22, the APB presents the board tenons as “fitted,” with “one to the other” and “one to one” respectively. These phrases confirm the clause-level construction rather than isolate a precise English equivalent.