rav denotes archers, pictured as those who bend the bow and surround a target.

The two occurrences depict plural archers: those summoned to bend the bow against Babylon and those surrounding the speaker in distress.

1. Archers in a bow-bearing attack · dominant

   In Jeremiah 50:29, the masculine plural absolute form occurs with those who bend the bow as they are summoned against Babylon. In Job 16:13, the masculine plural construct form identifies the group that surrounds the speaker; the APB renders the clause “His archers surround me.”

   Jeremiah 50:29Job 16:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the group explicitly as “archers” in Job 16:13 and describes bow-benders in Jeremiah 50:29. Its wording only confirms the clauses' overall portrayal.