av.va.tah denotes an affliction presented to the LORD as grounds for judgment.

Its sole attested use presents a person's affliction before the LORD in an appeal for judgment.

1. Affliction brought before the LORD · dominant

   In Lamentations 3:59, the feminine singular construct form occurs in the appeal that the LORD has seen the speaker's affliction; the APB renders the verse, "You saw my oppression, O LORD; render judgment for me."

   Lamentations 3:59

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Lamentations 3:59, the APB presents the speaker's affliction as "my oppression" in an appeal for judgment.