me.vu.sah denotes an overpowering condition, describing a mighty nation and a day marked by trampling.

The noun occurs most often in the description of a nation characterized by might and an overpowering quality; it also appears amid a scene of tumult, trampling, and destruction.

1. Overpowering might of a nation · dominant

   In Isaiah 18:2 and Isaiah 18:7, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the repeated description of a nation alongside might and the division of rivers in its land. In Isaiah 18:2 the APB renders the larger description as “a nation of might and subjugation,” and Isaiah 18:7 repeats that wording for the people from whom a gift is brought.

   Isaiah 18:2Isaiah 18:7
2. Overpowering amid trampling and ruin · occasional

   In Isaiah 22:5, the same feminine singular absolute form stands in a clause describing the Lord's day in the Valley of Vision, with tumult, trampling, confusion, a destroyed wall, and a cry toward the mountain. The APB renders the surrounding scene with “trampling,” though its loose wording does not isolate the noun's individual English equivalent.

   Isaiah 22:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 18:2 and Isaiah 18:7, the APB presents the noun within the phrase “a nation of might and subjugation.” In Isaiah 22:5 it presents the surrounding event as “tumult and trampling and confusion”; The noun's precise contribution there cannot be isolated.