table
shul.chan denotes a table, whether furnished for bread, meals, or sacrificial work.
The term most often denotes a furnished table in sanctuary settings, associated with bread, utensils, placement, and service. It also names tables at which rulers, guests, or other persons eat, and in Ezekiel it designates multiple tables used for slaughtering offerings and holding the relevant utensils.
Senses in use
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Sanctuary table for bread and service · dominant
The singular noun is used for a constructed and placed sanctuary furnishing: in Exodus 25:23 the APB renders instructions to make it from acacia wood, and Exodus 25:30 places food before the LORD upon it continually. In 2 Chronicles 4:19 the plural form occurs with tables upon which the bread of the Presence is placed, while Ezekiel 44:16 describes approaching the LORD's table in the sanctuary.
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Table associated with eating or hospitality · common
Construct forms occur in clauses of eating and provision: in 2 Samuel 9:7 the APB renders David's promise that Mephibosheth will eat continually at his table, and 1 Kings 2:7 places the sons of Barzillai among those who eat at the king's table. In 1 Kings 13:20 the singular absolute form occurs while the men are sitting at the table; Daniel 11:27 likewise places two kings speaking lies at the same table.
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Tables for sacrificial slaughter and utensils · occasional
In Ezekiel 40:39 the APB renders plural tables on either side of the gate for slaughtering offerings. Ezekiel 40:41 counts eight such tables, and Ezekiel 40:42 describes four stone tables upon which implements for slaughtering and sacrifice are placed.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly presents the term as “table” or “tables,” including settings for food, sanctuary bread, and slaughtering offerings. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, those renderings confirm the clauses' settings without establishing every lexical nuance.