al.lay is an interjection of personal distress or lament, voiced amid wrongdoing, dishonor, affliction, or lack.

This interjection introduces a personal cry of distress: in Job 10:15 it stands with the speaker's dishonor and affliction, while in Micah 7:1 it opens a lament over lacking fruit to eat.

1. Interjection introducing personal lament · dominant

   The supplied morphology identifies both forms as Particle · Interjection. In Job 10:15, the cry precedes the speaker's condition of dishonor and affliction; in Micah 7:1, the APB renders the opening "Woe to me" before the complaint that no cluster or desired early fig remains.

   Job 10:15Micah 7:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the interjection as "woe to me" in both Job 10:15 and Micah 7:1. This rendering is treated as confirmation of the verses' lamenting context.