a.taph describes becoming weak or faint, in bodily hunger and in an exhausted inner life.

The attested use describes weakness or faintness: it applies to weak livestock and hungry children, and also to a soul or spirit brought to exhaustion or distress.

1. Becoming weak, faint, or exhausted · dominant

   In Genesis 30:42, the Hiphil infinitive construct occurs in the contrast between weak and stronger livestock; the APB renders the flock as “weak.” In Lamentations 2:12 and Lamentations 2:19, forms of the verb describe children depleted in the city, with the APB rendering them as those who “faint” and “faint with hunger.” The same weakening is applied inwardly in Isaiah 57:16, Psalm 107:5, and Psalm 143:4, where the APB speaks of a spirit or soul that “would faint” or “grew faint.”

   Genesis 30:42Lamentations 2:12Lamentations 2:19Isaiah 57:16Psalm 107:5Psalm 143:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the condition with “weak,” “faint,” or “grew faint,” especially for livestock, children, and the spirit or soul. In some supplied verses the translation instead foregrounds the wider prayer or distress without an obvious word-level equivalent.