ma.rats describes sickness or a grievous effect, and in one verse is used of the forcefulness of upright words.

The attested uses chiefly concern sickness or something grievous: a question about what makes someone sick, a grievous curse, and grievous destruction. One occurrence instead appears in a statement describing upright words as forceful.

1. Sickness or grievous effect · dominant

   In Job 16:3, the Hiphil imperfect occurs in the question, “what makes you sick that you answer?” The Niphal participles occur in verses about a grievous curse in 1 Kings 2:8 and destruction that is grievous in Micah 2:10; the APB presents those clauses with “grievous.”

   1 Kings 2:8Job 16:3Micah 2:10
2. Forcefulness of words · rare

   In Job 6:25, the Niphal perfect plural occurs in the question concerning upright words. The APB renders the clause, “How forceful are upright words,” presenting this occurrence in connection with their forcefulness.

   Job 6:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant clauses with “grievous,” “sick,” and “forceful.” These are contextual presentations rather than fixed equivalents.