mis.ra.phah refers to burnings, whether destructive fire or a burning performed in mourning for a king.

The attested uses refer to burnings: Isaiah 33:12 places them in imagery of peoples consumed like lime kilns and thorns set on fire, while Jeremiah 34:5 refers to burnings performed for former kings and for the addressed king.

1. Burnings in fire imagery · dominant

   In Isaiah 33:12, the plural construct form occurs in a comparison involving lime kilns and cut thorns set on fire; the APB renders the verse, "Peoples will become like lime kilns, like cut thorns that are set on fire."

   Isaiah 33:12
2. Burnings performed for kings · occasional

   In Jeremiah 34:5, the plural construct form occurs in the statement that burnings done for the former kings will also be done for the addressed king; the APB renders, "as they burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they shall burn for you."

   Jeremiah 34:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term within fire imagery in Isaiah 33:12 and with the verb "burned" in Jeremiah 34:5. These renderings confirm the verse contexts rather than isolate a fixed English equivalent.