bats.tsa.rah denotes a time of want or hardship, expressed in Psalm 10:1 as a season of dearth.

The attested use refers to a time of want or hardship: Psalm 10:1 places it in the question of why the LORD seems hidden in such a time, while Psalm 9:10 occurs in a statement that those who seek the LORD are not forsaken.

1. A time of want or hardship · dominant

   Both occurrences use the feminine singular absolute noun in statements about seeking the LORD amid adverse circumstances. In Psalm 10:1 the APB renders the clause, "Why do you hide yourself in times of dearth?"; in Psalm 9:10 the surrounding statement says that the LORD has not forsaken those who seek him, though the translation does not isolate the term's contribution.

   Psalm 10:1Psalm 9:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 10:1 the APB explicitly presents the setting as "times of dearth." In Psalm 9:10 the translation expresses the wider assurance that seekers are not forsaken, without an identifiable English rendering for the noun.