la.a.nah denotes a bitter substance used for bitter outcomes, drinking, and the corruption of justice.

The noun denotes a bitter substance in portrayals of bitter endings, affliction, and imposed drinking; it also appears in Amos as the result of turning justice or the fruit of righteousness into something bitter. The supplied translation does not visibly isolate its contribution in Deuteronomy 29:17 or Jeremiah 9:14.

1. Bitter substance in affliction or bitter outcome · dominant

   The singular absolute noun occurs where a bitter result is described: in Proverbs 5:4 the APB renders a woman's end as “bitter like wormwood,” while in Lamentations 3:15 it renders the speaker as made to drink it. Jeremiah 23:15 places it in the act of being fed and given poisonous water to drink, and Lamentations 3:19 includes it in the remembered affliction and wandering.

   Proverbs 5:4Jeremiah 23:15Lamentations 3:15Lamentations 3:19
2. Image for justice made bitter · common

   In the singular absolute form, it occurs in accusations concerning justice and righteousness. In Amos 5:7 the APB renders the clause “They turn justice into wormwood,” and in Amos 6:12 it renders justice as turned into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood.

   Amos 5:7Amos 6:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “wormwood” in the supplied verses, including bitter drink, a bitter end, and the transformed fruit of righteousness. Its wording does not visibly identify this term's contribution in Deuteronomy 29:17 or Jeremiah 9:14.