pa.sach describes being lame or limping, and in Elijah's question depicts wavering between two divisions.

The attested uses chiefly describe lame persons or limping movement: a son becomes lame after a fall, “the lame” are named as a group, and Baal’s callers limp upon the altar. In Elijah’s question, the same imagery describes going limping between two divisions.

1. Lame condition or limping movement · dominant

   In 2 Samuel 4:4, the Niphal sequential imperfect occurs in the account of Jonathan’s son falling while his nurse fled; the APB renders that he “became lame.” In 2 Samuel 5:6, the masculine plural adjective identifies “the blind and the lame,” while in 1 Kings 18:26 the Piel sequential imperfect appears as Baal’s callers act at the altar; the APB renders that they “limped upon the altar.”

   2 Samuel 4:42 Samuel 5:61 Kings 18:26
2. Wavering between alternatives · rare

   In 1 Kings 18:21, the Qal active participle masculine plural occurs in Elijah’s question about the people’s conduct between two divisions, followed by the alternatives of walking after the LORD or after Baal. The APB renders the clause, “How long will you go limping between two divisions?”

   1 Kings 18:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “became lame” and “the lame” for the two Samuel passages, “limped upon the altar” in 1 Kings 18:26, and “go limping between two divisions” in 1 Kings 18:21. These renderings confirm the verses’ presentation rather than supply a separate definition.