a.se.phah denotes a gathering in the context of prisoners being brought together for confinement.

The attested use refers to a gathering in the setting of prisoners being brought together and shut up in confinement.

1. Gathering of prisoners for confinement · dominant

   In Isaiah 24:22, the feminine singular absolute form occurs in the clause about prisoners being gathered together and then shut up in prison; the APB renders the verse, "They will be gathered together as prisoners in the pit; they will be shut up in prison."

   Isaiah 24:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 24:22, the APB presents the clause with "gathered together" before the prisoners are shut up; Its exact rendering of the term cannot be isolated with certainty.