da.ag describes being troubled with concern for a person, a feared outcome, or hardship.

The attested use describes troubled concern directed toward someone or toward an anticipated danger or hardship: a father is concerned for his son, a king fears abuse, and a well-watered tree is not troubled in drought.

1. Troubled concern over persons or feared outcomes · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 9:5 and 1 Samuel 10:2, the Qal perfect form occurs when Saul's father shifts concern from lost donkeys to Saul and his companion, and then is concerned for his son. In Isaiah 57:11 the Qal perfect addresses a woman's anxious fear; Jeremiah 17:8 contrasts a tree's freedom from anxiety in drought with continuing fruitfulness, while Jeremiah 38:19 places the Qal participle in Zedekiah's concern about being handed over and abused. Jeremiah 42:16 likewise places the plural participle in a warning about the sword feared and famine dreaded.

   1 Samuel 9:51 Samuel 10:2Isaiah 57:11Jeremiah 17:8Jeremiah 38:19Jeremiah 42:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “anxious” in 1 Samuel 10:2, Isaiah 57:11, Jeremiah 17:8, and Jeremiah 38:19, while 1 Samuel 9:5 also uses “worrying.” In Jeremiah 42:16 it uses “fear” and “dread,” and Psalm 38:19 does not isolate the term's contribution in its wording; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.