cha.val denotes being in labor, most clearly in the scene of a mother conceiving and bearing in Song of Songs 8:5.

The clearest attested use places the verb in a maternal context of conceiving and bearing in Song of Songs 8:5; Psalm 7:15 contains an imperfect form within the pit-making sequence, but the translation does not isolate its contribution.

1. Labor in a maternal setting · dominant

   In Song of Songs 8:5, the two Piel perfect feminine singular forms occur in the repeated clause about the listener's mother: “there your mother conceived you; there she who bore you conceived you.” This verse directly places the action in the setting of conception and bearing. In Psalm 7:15, a Piel imperfect masculine singular form occurs in the sequence about digging, searching out, and falling into a pit, though the APB rendering does not identify a corresponding English expression for the form.

   Song of Songs 8:5Psalm 7:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Song of Songs 8:5, the APB presents the maternal clause with “conceived” and “bore.” In Psalm 7:15, it renders the surrounding sequence as digging and falling into a pit; The lemma's specific English rendering there is unclear.