hay.yah denotes a calamity set alongside vexation for weighing in a balance.

The single attested use presents hay.yah as a calamity considered together with vexation in the image of weighing them on balances.

1. Calamity weighed with vexation · dominant

   In Job 6:2, the construct feminine singular form occurs in the request that vexation and this calamity be placed together in balances; the APB renders the clause, "and my calamity placed together with it in the balances,".

   Job 6:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 6:2, the APB presents the term within the balancing image as "my calamity." This rendering is confirmed by the verse's overall clause rather than treated as a precise lexical equivalence.