ra.phad describes laying out a bed or providing support in its clearer biblical contexts.

The clearer uses concern laying out a bed and giving support: Job 17:13 places the action with a bed in darkness, while Song of Songs 2:5 uses an imperative in a plea for aid. Job 41:22 contains a Qal imperfect, but the translation does not isolate its contribution within the description of strength and dismay.

1. Laying out or furnishing for support · dominant

   In Job 17:13, the Piel perfect occurs in the conditional statement about making Sheol a house; the APB renders the clause "if I spread my bed in darkness." In Song of Songs 2:5, the Piel imperative is part of a request for help; the APB renders the verse "Sustain me with raisin cakes; support me with apples."

   Job 17:13Song of Songs 2:5
2. Unclear action in a description of strength · occasional

   In Job 41:22, the Qal imperfect appears in the description that the APB renders "Strength lodges in his neck, and dismay dances before his face." The translation does not identify a distinct English counterpart for this form, so its specific contribution cannot be isolated from the supplied verse.

   Job 41:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the clearer clauses with "spread my bed" in Job 17:13 and "support me" in Song of Songs 2:5. Its wording in Job 41:22 does not reveal a separate rendering for the form there.