pa.am denotes inner agitation, especially a spirit unsettled by dreams, and once the beginning of stirring.

The attested use chiefly concerns inward agitation: in the dream accounts, a person's spirit is unsettled, while Psalm 77:5 supplies a first-person form in a reflective clause whose specific contribution the translation does not isolate. A separate occurrence describes the beginning of stirring.

1. Inner agitation of the spirit · dominant

   In Daniel 2:1, Daniel 2:3, and Genesis 41:8, the sequential imperfect forms occur with a person's spirit after dreaming; the APB renders the resulting condition as “troubled.” In Psalm 77:5, the Niphal perfect is first person in the clause about considering former days, though the APB does not make this form's specific contribution clear.

   Daniel 2:1Daniel 2:3Genesis 41:8Psalm 77:5
2. Beginning to stir · rare

   In Judges 13:25, the Qal infinitive construct follows “began” and concerns the spirit's action toward him; the APB renders the clause “began to stir him.”

   Judges 13:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the dream-context clauses with “troubled” and Judges 13:25 with “began to stir him.” In Psalm 77:5, its rendering of reflection on earlier days does not isolate the term.