ya.vav denotes the mother's wailing as she waits for Sisera's delayed chariot.

The attested use depicts an audible lamenting cry: in Judges 5:28, the form is spoken of Sisera's mother as she waits anxiously for his delayed chariot.

1. Wailing while awaiting a delayed return · dominant

   In Judges 5:28, the Piel sequential imperfect feminine singular form is used of Sisera's mother at the lattice, asking why his chariot has not come. The APB renders the clause "the mother of Sisera wailed through the lattice," within her repeated questions about the delay.

   Judges 5:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Judges 5:28, the APB presents the action as "wailed" by Sisera's mother; This identifies the verse's presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.