ne.phel denotes prenatal loss, invoked as hidden nonexistence in Job and as a comparison in Ecclesiastes.

The attested use concerns prenatal loss: Job 3:16 invokes it as hidden nonexistence, while Ecclesiastes 6:3 uses it in a comparison with a man lacking satisfaction and burial; Psalm 58:9 contains a construct-form occurrence whose contribution is not isolated by the translation.

1. Prenatal loss in images of nonexistence or comparison · dominant

   In Job 3:16, the absolute form occurs in Job's wish that he would not exist, alongside infants who never saw light; the APB renders the clause "like a hidden miscarriage I would not exist." In Ecclesiastes 6:3, another absolute form is the comparison point for a man with many children and years but no satisfaction or burial; the APB renders "a miscarriage is better than he." Psalm 58:9 has the construct form, but its APB wording does not isolate the term's contribution.

   Job 3:16Ecclesiastes 6:3Psalm 58:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "miscarriage" in Job 3:16 and Ecclesiastes 6:3. In Psalm 58:9, the translation does not make the construct-form occurrence identifiable, so it cannot establish a separate rendering.