pug describes loss of responsiveness or strength, applied to a heart, instruction, and a troubled spirit.

The attested uses describe a loss of responsiveness or strength: a heart in response to unexpected news, instruction amid distorted justice, and a spirit during troubled meditation. The remaining first-person form occurs in a prayer, though the translation does not isolate its contribution clearly.

1. Loss of responsiveness or strength · dominant

   In Genesis 45:26, the Qal sequential imperfect occurs after the report that Joseph is alive, and the APB renders the response, “His heart became numb.” In Habakkuk 1:4, the Qal imperfect stands in the clause about instruction and justice amid the wicked surrounding the righteous; in Psalm 77:3, another Qal imperfect accompanies remembering God and meditating, where the APB renders, “my spirit grows faint.” Psalm 38:9 has a Niphal perfect in a first-person prayer, but the APB's wording does not clearly isolate the term's specific contribution.

   Genesis 45:26Habakkuk 1:4Psalm 77:3Psalm 38:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “became numb” for the heart in Genesis 45:26, “grows numb” for instruction in Habakkuk 1:4, and “grows faint” for the spirit in Psalm 77:3. In Psalm 38:9 its contribution is not readily identifiable in the translation.