ma.akh describes physical injury or compression and occurs once in a scene of a spear set in the ground.

The attested uses chiefly concern a physically damaged or compressed condition in sacrificial and bodily contexts; one passive participle occurs in the description of Saul's spear in the ground, where the translation makes the term's precise contribution less certain.

1. Physical injury or damaged condition · dominant

   In Leviticus 22:24, a masculine singular Qal passive participle occurs among the conditions that disqualify an animal from presentation; the APB renders the list as “bruised or crushed or torn or cut.” In Ezekiel 23:3, a Pual perfect plural occurs in the clause about the women's breasts, which the APB renders “their breasts were bruised there.”

   Leviticus 22:24Ezekiel 23:3
2. A spear set in the ground · occasional

   In 1 Samuel 26:7, the feminine singular Qal passive participle occurs in the scene of Saul asleep with his spear in the ground at his head. The APB renders the spear as “stuck in the ground,” though its whole-verse wording does not make the term's specific English correspondence fully certain.

   1 Samuel 26:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “bruised” for the bodily clause in Ezekiel 23:3 and includes “bruised” in the condition list of Leviticus 22:24. In 1 Samuel 26:7 it describes the spear as “stuck in the ground”.