shid.da.phon denotes a damaging condition listed among calamities and said to strike people and their agricultural work.

Across the supplied verses, the noun denotes a damaging calamity: it is listed with other afflictions in public prayers and is said to strike people, gardens, and the work of their hands.

1. Damaging calamity affecting land and people · dominant

   In 1 Kings 8:37 and 2 Chronicles 6:28, the singular absolute noun occurs in lists of conditions that may be present in the land, alongside famine, pestilence, mildew, locust, and sickness; the APB renders the lists with “blight.” In Amos 4:9 and Haggai 2:17, it is something said to have struck the audience, with gardens, vineyards, trees, and the work of their hands in view; Deuteronomy 28:22 likewise places it among afflictions that will pursue the hearers.

   1 Kings 8:372 Chronicles 6:28Amos 4:9Deuteronomy 28:22Haggai 2:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “blight” in each supplied verse, whether in a list of calamities or in statements that the audience was struck. This repeated English wording confirms the verse-level presentation rather than establishing a finer distinction.