she.chit denotes pits from which people are delivered or in which someone is captured.

The attested plural construct form refers to pits: in one verse they are the place of capture, and in the other they are the danger from which people are delivered.

1. Pits as places of capture or danger · dominant

   Both occurrences use a common feminine plural construct noun. In Lamentations 4:20 the APB renders the clause "was captured in their pits"; in Psalm 107:20 it renders deliverance "from their pits," showing pits as places associated with confinement or peril.

   Lamentations 4:20Psalm 107:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the noun as "pits" in both cited verses, once as the setting of capture and once as the place from which people are delivered. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolate every nuance of the term.