a.yeph describes the daughter of Zion’s failing strength amid distress in Jeremiah 4:31.

The sole attested use depicts a woman’s failing strength in a scene of labor-like distress and threatened life.

1. Failing strength under distress · dominant

   In Jeremiah 4:31, the Qal perfect feminine singular form occurs in the daughter of Zion’s cry amid labor-like distress, as she spreads out her hands before killers. The APB renders the surrounding clause, “my soul faints before the killers,” confirming a context of exhaustion or collapse under threat.

   Jeremiah 4:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 4:31, the APB presents the clause as “my soul faints before the killers.” This identifies the verse’s overall presentation rather than a precise one-to-one rendering.