na.aq describes the groaning of people who are dying or slain.

The attested use describes groaning associated with people who are dying, wounded, or slain: Job 24:12 places it among the suffering in a city, and Ezekiel 30:24 associates it with the slain before Pharaoh.

1. Groaning amid death, wounding, and slaughter · dominant

   In Job 24:12, the Qal imperfect masculine plural form occurs in the clause about the dying in the city; the APB renders the verse, "From the city the dying groan." In Ezekiel 30:24, the Qal perfect masculine singular form occurs in the judgment scene after Pharaoh's arms are broken; the APB renders "the groans of the slain will sound before him."

   Job 24:12Ezekiel 30:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term through "the dying groan" in Job 24:12 and "the groans of the slain" in Ezekiel 30:24. These renderings confirm the clauses' suffering context rather than establish separate senses.