kip.pah denotes a branch-like growth, used in images of paired extremes and of a branch that fails to remain fresh.

The attested use presents kip.pah as a branch-like growth: Isaiah 19:15 places it in the pair “head or tail, branch or bulrush,” while Job 15:32 speaks of a branch that “will not be fresh.” Isaiah 9:13 has the same singular form, though the supplied APB rendering does not make its contribution explicit.

1. Branch-like growth in figurative imagery · dominant

   In Isaiah 19:15, the feminine singular absolute form occurs in the contrast that the APB renders “whether head or tail, branch or bulrush.” In Job 15:32, the feminine singular construct form is associated with a branch that the APB renders as not being “fresh”; Isaiah 9:13 has the same absolute form, but the supplied APB wording does not isolate its contribution.

   Isaiah 19:15Isaiah 9:13Job 15:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly includes “branch” in Isaiah 19:15 and Job 15:32, but its supplied rendering of Isaiah 9:13 does not show a corresponding English expression. These renderings only confirm the verse-level imagery.