she.men denotes oil used for provisions, food, anointing, lamp light, and, in construction phrases, olive wood.

The supplied verses most often show this noun as oil held in jars or stores, used with food, or treated as a valued provision. Other contexts specify oil for anointing persons or sacred items, for lamp light and offerings, while several construction clauses use the same form in phrases rendered “olive wood.”

1. Oil as household provision and food material · dominant

   The singular noun denotes a tangible supply kept in containers or stores: in 1 Kings 17:14 the APB renders the clause about a jar whose supply “will not lack,” and in 2 Kings 4:7 it renders an instruction to sell it and live on what remains. It also occurs with flour and bread preparations in Exodus 29:2 and Exodus 29:40, and among agricultural abundance in Deuteronomy 8:8.

   1 Kings 17:142 Kings 4:7Exodus 29:2Exodus 29:40Deuteronomy 8:81 Chronicles 9:29
2. Oil applied in anointing · common

   In royal-appointment scenes, the singular form is the substance taken in a horn or vial and poured on a person's head: 1 Samuel 10:1 and 2 Kings 9:3 explicitly place that action alongside anointing as ruler or king. In Exodus 29:7, the construct form occurs in the phrase the APB renders “oil of anointing,” which is poured on the head.

   1 Samuel 10:11 Samuel 16:131 Kings 1:392 Kings 9:32 Kings 9:6Exodus 29:7
3. Oil designated for sacred light and preparations · common

   The noun is specified for continual lamp light in Exodus 27:20, where the APB renders “pure beaten olive oil for the light.” Other clauses place it among materials for the light, fragrant incense, or sacred anointing preparation, as in Exodus 25:6 and Exodus 35:28.

   Exodus 25:6Exodus 27:20Exodus 30:25Exodus 31:11Exodus 35:14Exodus 35:28
4. Olive wood in construction phrases · occasional

   In the sanctuary-building clauses, the singular form modifies wood rather than naming a stored liquid: 1 Kings 6:23 has the APB rendering “two cherubim of olive wood,” while 1 Kings 6:31 renders doors and doorposts of that wood. These clauses show a construction use distinct from the jar, food, and anointing contexts.

   1 Kings 6:231 Kings 6:311 Kings 6:321 Kings 6:33

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the noun as “oil,” including oil in jars, food, anointing, and lamp-related clauses; it also uses “olive oil” in Exodus 27:20. In the construction passages it renders the phrase “olive wood”; These renderings reflect the clauses rather than a fixed English equivalent.