Ledge
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
(2):
(n.) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
(3):
(n.) A layer or stratum.
(4):
(n.) A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
(5):
(n.) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
lej ( שׁלב , shālābh ): The word in the sense of side-projection is used in 1 Kings 7:28 , 1 Kings 7:29 in connection with the bases of Solomon's Molten Sea (which see); in 1 Kings 7:35 , 1 Kings 7:36 , where the King James Version uses the same word, the Revised Version (British and American) has "stay" ( yādh , literally, "hand"). The Revised Version (British and American) likewise has "ledge" (round) for the King James Version "compass" ( karkōbh ) in the description of the altar in Exodus 27:5; Exodus 38:4 (see Altar ), and the American Standard Revised Version substitutes "ledge" for "settle" ( ‛ăzārāh ) in Ezekiel 43:14 , Ezekiel 43:17 , Ezekiel 43:20; Ezekiel 45:19 . See Temple .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(only in the plural שְׁלִבַּים, shelobbim', from שָׁלִב, to mortice together; Sent. ἐξεχόμενα, Vulg.juncturie), prop.joints, e. . at the corners of a base or pedestal; hence perhaps an ornament overlaying these angles to hide the juncture (1 Kings 7:28-29). In 1 Kings 7:35-36, the term thus rendered is different, namely יָד , yacd, lit. a hand, i.e. a lateral projection, probably referring to side-borders to the same pedestals. The description is too brief and the terms too vague to allow a more definite idea of these appendages to the bases in question. (See Laver).
