be.lil denotes animal feed, whether reaped in a field, eaten by working animals, or set before an ox.

The attested use concerns feed for animals: it is reaped in a field, eaten by oxen and donkeys that work the ground, and associated with an ox's response to what is before it.

1. Animal feed in field and livestock settings · dominant

   In Job 24:6, the construct noun occurs in the clause about reaping in the field; the APB renders the verse, “They reap fodder in the field.” In Isaiah 30:24, it belongs to the food eaten by oxen and donkeys that work the ground, while Job 6:5 places it in the question of whether an ox lows over its food.

   Job 24:6Isaiah 30:24Job 6:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “fodder” in all three verses, in contexts of reaping and feeding livestock. This rendering confirms the verses' animal-feed setting rather than isolating each token mechanically.