na.shaq denotes handling the bow or being equipped with it in military settings.

The attested participial forms describe men in connection with handling or bearing a bow: skilled bowmen in 1 Chronicles 12:2, troops armed with bow and shield in 2 Chronicles 17:17, and Ephraimites identified with the shooting bow in Psalm 78:9.

1. Handling or bearing the bow · dominant

   All three occurrences use a Qal active participle, masculine plural construct, in military descriptions tied to the bow. In 1 Chronicles 12:2 the APB renders the men as "handlers of the bow," able to use stones and arrows with right and left hands; in 2 Chronicles 17:17 it describes men "armed with bow and shield," and in Psalm 78:9 it calls Ephraim's sons "handlers of the shooting bow" before saying that they turned back in battle.

   1 Chronicles 12:22 Chronicles 17:17Psalm 78:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the participial form as "handlers of the bow" in 1 Chronicles 12:2 and Psalm 78:9, while 2 Chronicles 17:17 describes the men as "armed with bow and shield." These phrases confirm the military-bow setting rather than isolate a fixed English equivalent.