sha.vats denotes the distress said to seize a wounded speaker who asks to be killed.

The attested use denotes an overwhelming distress described as seizing the speaker as he asks another person to kill him in 2 Samuel 1:9.

1. Distress that seizes a person · dominant

   In 2 Samuel 1:9, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the speaker's plea, immediately followed by the statement that it has seized him and by his request to be killed. The APB renders the clause, "for the agony has seized me," confirming the verse's presentation of acute personal distress.

   2 Samuel 1:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Samuel 1:9, the APB presents the clause as "the agony has seized me." This rendering confirms the clause's overall portrayal without isolating every lexical contribution.