ma.os describes a condition of being treated as discarded refuse in a lament among the peoples.

The attested use depicts being made into something discarded and contemptible amid surrounding peoples, as expressed in Lamentations 3:45.

1. Made into discarded refuse · dominant

   In Lamentations 3:45, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in a statement of being made “offscouring and refuse” in the midst of the peoples. The verse presents a condition of extreme rejection or degradation.

   Lamentations 3:45

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Lamentations 3:45, the APB renders the surrounding statement with “offscouring and refuse.” The precise contribution of the noun cannot be isolated beyond that portrayal.