zi.qah denotes restraints used to bind people, including kings, nobles, captives, and those in affliction.

The attested plural noun denotes physical restraints in scenes of binding: people come in chains, sufferers are bound, captives are restrained, and kings and nobles are bound with iron restraints.

1. Restraints used to bind persons · dominant

   All four occurrences show the plural noun in contexts of persons being bound or coming bound. In Isaiah 45:14 the APB renders people coming over "in chains"; in Job 36:8 it renders the bound condition as "in fetters" amid "the cords of affliction." In Nahum 3:10 and Psalm 149:8, the APB likewise renders great ones, kings, and nobles as bound "in fetters," with Psalm 149:8 specifying iron.

   Isaiah 45:14Job 36:8Nahum 3:10Psalm 149:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the restraint with "chains" in Isaiah 45:14 and with "fetters" in Job 36:8, Nahum 3:10, and Psalm 149:8. These renderings confirm the binding context rather than assign a separate English equivalent to each token.