na.chat denotes going down or pressing downward, and in a battle setting it is associated with bending a bronze bow.

Its clearest recurring use marks movement or effect downward: coming down against people, going down to Sheol, or a rebuke going deeper. A separate battle context associates the term with bending a bow; several other translated verses do not isolate its specific contribution clearly.

1. Going down or penetrating more deeply · dominant

   The Qal imperfect forms occur in downward-oriented clauses: in Jeremiah 21:13 the APB renders the challenge, "Who will come down against us," and in Job 21:13 it says people "go down to Sheol." In Proverbs 17:10, the feminine singular form is in the comparison where the APB says a rebuke "goes deeper" into a discerning person.

   Jeremiah 21:13Job 21:13Proverbs 17:10
2. Bending a bow in battle training · rare

   In 2 Samuel 22:35, the Piel sequential perfect form stands in the statement about trained hands for war and arms that "can bend a bow of bronze" in the APB. The battle setting supports a use connected with bending rather than a journey downward.

   2 Samuel 22:35

In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the clause is clear, the APB presents the action with phrases such as "come down," "go down to Sheol," "goes deeper," and "bend a bow of bronze." In 1 Samuel 2:10, Psalm 18:35, Psalm 38:3, and Psalm 65:11, the translation gives the verse's larger thought without clearly isolating this term's rendering.