ka.as denotes an afflicting burden, portrayed as something that can be multiplied, dim the eye, kill, or be weighed.

The attested use presents an afflicting burden: it is multiplied against Job, associated with dimmed sight, said to slay the fool, and imagined as placed on balances with calamity.

1. An afflicting, burdensome condition · dominant

   In Job 10:17, the construct form occurs in the clause the APB renders “multiply your vexation with me,” portraying the condition as increased against the speaker. In Job 17:7, the absolute form is connected with an eye grown dim; Job 5:2 says it slays the fool; and Job 6:2 places the speaker's condition in a comparison with calamity to be weighed in balances.

   Job 10:17Job 17:7Job 5:2Job 6:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “vexation” in all four verses, whether the condition is multiplied, linked to dimmed sight, said to kill, or set beside calamity for weighing. These clauses show the term's setting rather than establish a separate English rendering for each form.