to.rach denotes a load that must be borne, whether personal demands or an oppressive weight.

The two occurrences depict a weight to be borne: personal demands and disputes in Deuteronomy 1:12, and occasions described as an exhausting weight in Isaiah 1:14.

1. A weight borne as a demanding load · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 1:12, the construct singular form stands in the question of bearing the people's burden, load, and disputes alone. In Isaiah 1:14, the absolute singular form occurs in the statement that the months and meetings have become a weight, and the APB renders the clause "they have been a burden upon me; I am weary of lifting."

   Deuteronomy 1:12Isaiah 1:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant clauses with "burden" in both Deuteronomy 1:12 and Isaiah 1:14, while adding the imagery of bearing and lifting. Its wording cannot isolate the lemma's precise English equivalent in each clause.