do.nag denotes wax as a substance that melts in comparisons of overwhelming force or frailty.

The occurrences use do.nag for wax in melting comparisons: mountains and valleys dissolve before God in Micah 1:4 and Psalm 97:5, while Psalm 22:15 and Psalm 68:3 place it in figurative contexts whose specific contribution is less explicit in the translation.

1. Wax in melting comparisons · dominant

   In Micah 1:4, the singular absolute noun occurs in the comparison of valleys breaking up "like wax before the fire"; in Psalm 97:5, mountains "melt like wax" before the LORD. Psalm 22:15 and Psalm 68:3 also contain the same singular absolute form, though the supplied APB renderings do not make its clause-level contribution explicit.

   Micah 1:4Psalm 22:15Psalm 68:3Psalm 97:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "wax" in Micah 1:4 and Psalm 97:5, both in melting comparisons. In Psalm 22:15 and Psalm 68:3, its contribution is not identifiable from the supplied whole-verse translation.