akh.shuv denotes a viper in a plea for protection from violent people.

The single attested use places the noun in a plea for protection from wicked and violent people, but the translation does not isolate its contribution within the verse.

1. Viper in a plea for protection · dominant

   In Psalm 140:4, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in a verse asking the LORD to keep the speaker from wicked hands and a violent man. The APB renders the surrounding plea, “Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked,” but does not provide a one-to-one rendering for this noun.

   Psalm 140:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 140:4, the APB presents the verse as a request for protection from wicked and violent people; Its specific rendering of this noun is unclear.