zi.qah denotes plural missiles or projectile-like weapons in images of shooting and kindling.

The attested plural forms refer to missiles or projectile-like weapons: they are shot alongside arrows and death in Proverbs 26:18 and occur among the burning implements kindled in Isaiah 50:11.

1. Missiles in hostile or burning imagery · dominant

   Both occurrences use an absolute plural noun. In Proverbs 26:18 the form appears in a comparison involving someone who shoots missiles, arrows, and death; in Isaiah 50:11 two plural forms occur in the warning to those who kindle a fire and arm themselves with burning arrows, walking among what they have kindled.

   Proverbs 26:18Isaiah 50:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding imagery as “missiles, arrows, and death” in Proverbs 26:18 and as “burning arrows” and “arrows” in Isaiah 50:11. Its differing English wording does not isolate the lemma's contribution in each clause.