sha.lav denotes the structural frames between which panels are described on the stands.

The attested plural forms refer to structural frames within the construction of the stands: panels are described as being between them, and decorative figures are located on panels between them.

1. Structural frames of the stands · dominant

   In 1 Kings 7:28, the plural noun occurs in the construction description, where the APB renders the arrangement as “panels between the frames.” In 1 Kings 7:29, the same plural form again marks the framing structure around panels bearing lions, cattle, and cherubim; the APB renders “the panels between the frames.”

   1 Kings 7:281 Kings 7:29

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across 1 Kings 7:28 and 1 Kings 7:29, the APB presents the construction as “panels between the frames.” The specific contribution of the noun is inferred from this repeated structural relation.