ma.cha.naq denotes the fatal outcome the speaker’s soul chooses over his bones in Job 7:15.

Its sole attested use names the fatal outcome that the speaker’s soul chooses rather than his bones in Job 7:15.

1. A chosen fatal outcome · dominant

   In Job 7:15, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause where the speaker’s soul chooses it rather than his bones; the APB renders the verse, “And my soul chooses strangling and death rather than my bones.”

   Job 7:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 7:15, the APB presents the noun as “strangling” alongside “death,”.