to lift
a.mas denotes loading or taking up a burden, including animals, people, and a heavy yoke imposed on others.
The attested uses chiefly describe taking up or placing loads, whether sacks and goods are put on donkeys or a burdensome stone is lifted. It also occurs for those carried from the womb and for the imposition of a heavy yoke; a few contexts leave the term's precise contribution less visible in the translation.
Senses in use
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Loading or lifting a burden · dominant
In Genesis 44:13, the sequential imperfect occurs when each man loads his sack on his donkey. Active participles occur amid loading goods on donkeys in Nehemiah 13:15 and among those who lift Jerusalem as a burdensome stone in Zechariah 12:3; in Zechariah 12:3 the APB renders the clause "all who lift it will surely cut themselves." Nehemiah 4:11 also has an active participle, though the supplied APB wording does not isolate its contribution.
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Being carried as a load · common
In Isaiah 46:1, a feminine plural passive participle appears in the description of burdens carried by living creatures and animals. In Isaiah 46:3, a masculine plural passive participle addresses the house of Jacob as those "carried from the belly" and "lifted from the womb" in the APB. Psalm 68:20 has a Qal imperfect in a line about God and deliverance from death, but the translation does not clearly mark the term's specific contribution.
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Imposing a heavy yoke · occasional
In 1 Kings 12:11 and 2 Chronicles 10:11, the Hiphil perfect occurs in the statement that a father laid a heavy yoke on the people. The APB renders the clause in both verses, "My father laid a heavy yoke on you," followed by the speaker's promise to add to that yoke.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant actions with expressions such as "loaded," "loading them on donkeys," "lift," "carried," and "laid a heavy yoke." Because it is a whole-verse translation, Psalm 68:20 and Nehemiah 4:11 do not clearly isolate the term's English rendering.