a.na.qah denotes an expression of distress, shown with a prisoner's plea and with tears and weeping at the altar.

The attested use concerns an expression of distress: it is explicit in the plea concerning a prisoner and in the altar scene marked by tears and weeping; two construct-form occurrences have no transparent corresponding expression in the supplied translation.

1. Expression of distressed lament · dominant

   In Psalm 79:11, the construct form occurs in the plea concerning a prisoner; the APB renders the clause, “Let the groaning of the prisoner come before you.” In Malachi 2:13, the absolute form stands in an altar scene of tears and weeping, where the APB renders “weeping and groaning”; the construct forms in Psalm 102:21 and Psalm 12:6 occur in verses whose supplied APB wording does not transparently isolate their contribution.

   Psalm 79:11Malachi 2:13Psalm 102:21Psalm 12:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly includes “groaning” in Psalm 79:11 and Malachi 2:13. In Psalm 102:21 and Psalm 12:6, its supplied wording does not visibly identify a corresponding English expression.