mid.dad describes the night’s continuing length as the speaker waits through restless darkness.

In Job 7:4, mid.dad is used of the night continuing as the speaker lies awake and waits for dawn.

1. Continuing through the night · dominant

   The Piel sequential perfect form occurs in the clause about the night’s duration while the speaker waits to arise. In Job 7:4 the APB renders the verse, “And the night drags on, and I am full of tossing until dawn,” confirming the setting of prolonged wakefulness.

   Job 7:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 7:4, the APB presents the clause as “the night drags on”; This wording confirms the verse’s scene rather than isolating a precise English equivalent.