a.qash describes making a course, way, or what is upright become crooked or distorted.

The attested use concerns the distortion of paths, ways, or uprightness: people twist their paths or ways in Isaiah 59:8, Proverbs 10:9, and Proverbs 28:18, while leaders distort what is upright in Micah 3:9; Job 9:20 uses the form in a declaration that the speaker is made crooked.

1. Making ways or uprightness crooked · dominant

   Piel forms describe people twisting paths or ways in Isaiah 59:8, Proverbs 10:9, and Proverbs 28:18; in Micah 3:9, the imperfect form is set beside abhorring justice and concerns all that is upright. In Job 9:20, a Hiphil sequential imperfect occurs in the clause the APB renders, "though I am blameless, he declares me crooked."

   Isaiah 59:8Job 9:20Micah 3:9Proverbs 10:9Proverbs 28:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant clauses with "twisted," "twist," and "crooked." These renderings confirm the verses' portrayal of distortion without fixing a separate English equivalent in every clause.