ba.lag marks a speaker’s move toward cheerfulness in Job and occurs in Amos within a clause about violence.

The two cohortative forms in Job present a first-person move toward cheerfulness; the remaining participial use in Amos occurs in a clause where violence comes upon the strong and a fortification, though its precise contribution is less clear from the translation.

1. Seeking a brief change to cheerfulness · dominant

   In Job 9:27, the first-person singular cohortative occurs after the speaker says he will forget his complaint and leave his face; the APB renders the sequence, “I will forget my complaint, I will leave my face and be cheerful.” In Job 10:20, the same cohortative form follows the request that his days cease and be set aside, and the APB renders, “and I will be cheerful a little.”

   Job 9:27Job 10:20
2. Action within a violence announcement · occasional

   In Amos 5:9, the masculine singular active participle stands in the clause that the APB renders, “He brings violence upon the strong, so that violence comes upon the fortification.” The verse places the form within this violence-focused announcement, but the translation does not isolate its specific English contribution.

   Amos 5:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “be cheerful” in Job 9:27 and Job 10:20. In Amos 5:9 it renders the surrounding clause with “brings violence,”, so that wording cannot securely be assigned to the lemma alone.