la.chum denotes the intestines, named in portrayals of bodily affliction and judgment.

The term denotes the intestines in bodily descriptions: Job 20:23 places it in a clause about anger being sent into a person, while Zephaniah 1:17 uses it within imagery of blood and flesh.

1. Intestines in bodily judgment imagery · dominant

   Both occurrences are masculine singular construct nouns. In Job 20:23, the term stands in the clause describing burning anger sent into a person; the APB renders the final phrase as "in his intestines." In Zephaniah 1:17, it occurs in the bodily image that follows the pouring out of blood and mentions flesh like dung; the APB's wording does not isolate the term's specific rendering.

   Job 20:23Zephaniah 1:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 20:23, the APB explicitly renders the clause "in his intestines." In Zephaniah 1:17, the translation presents the surrounding bodily imagery through "their blood" and "their flesh," but its whole-verse wording does not identify a separate English equivalent for the term.