de.vay denotes illness, appearing in contexts of loathsome affliction and a plea for healing.

The attested use concerns illness or affliction: Psalm 41:4 places it in a plea for the soul’s healing, while Job 6:7 uses its construct form in a clause describing things refused as loathsome food.

1. Illness or affliction · dominant

   In Psalm 41:4, the absolute form occurs in a prayer asking the LORD to heal the speaker’s soul; the APB renders the verse, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.” In Job 6:7, the construct form occurs in the clause where the soul refuses things described in the APB as “like loathsome food to me.”

   Psalm 41:4Job 6:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents Psalm 41:4 as a request for healing and Job 6:7 as refusal of “loathsome food.” Its exact English wording cannot be assigned to the term in either verse.