ya.ra describes becoming unwell or adversely affected in contexts of grief, harm, and distress.

The occurrences portray an adverse condition: a saddened heart, harm threatened by an opponent, a distressed soul, and an unwell survivor. The supplied verses do not clearly require separate lexical senses.

1. Adverse condition in sorrow, harm, or distress · dominant

   All four occurrences place the Qal verb in clauses of adverse experience. In 1 Samuel 1:8 the APB renders Hannah's heart as “sad”; in 2 Samuel 20:6 it renders Sheba's prospective action as doing “more harm.” In Isaiah 15:4 it describes a soul as “ill,” and in Job 20:26 a survivor as “ill” in his tent.

   1 Samuel 1:82 Samuel 20:6Isaiah 15:4Job 20:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies among “sad,” “harm,” and “ill” across these verses. Because it is a whole-verse translation, these renderings only indicate the adverse situations in which the term occurs.