te.a.lah denotes a channel or watercourse, including one around an altar, at a pool, or carrying flowing water.

The term denotes a formed channel or watercourse: it can surround an altar and hold water, identify a water feature associated with a pool, or describe routes for rainwater and waters sent among trees.

1. Channel or watercourse for conveying water · dominant

   The singular absolute form identifies the feature made around the altar in 1 Kings 18:32; in 1 Kings 18:35 the APB renders the clause that water filled it. In 2 Kings 20:20 it is paired with a pool and bringing water to the city, while Job 38:25 places a singular form in the making of a channel for torrents of rain. Ezekiel 31:4 uses the plural construct form for channels sent out to the trees of the field, and Isaiah 7:3 identifies a construct-form channel at the upper pool.

   1 Kings 18:321 Kings 18:352 Kings 20:20Ezekiel 31:4Isaiah 7:3Job 38:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “conduit” in the altar and pool settings, “channel” for the rain-torrent clause in Job 38:25, and “channels” in Ezekiel 31:4. These renderings show the verses' watercourse contexts rather than establishing separate lexical senses.