sho.tet denotes a harmful affliction pictured as striking a person's sides.

The attested use depicts a harmful affliction directed against a person's sides, paired in Joshua 23:13 with a snare, trap, and thorns in the eyes.

1. A harmful affliction against the sides · dominant

   In Joshua 23:13, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the warning that the nations will become a snare and trap, an affliction on Israel's sides, and thorns in its eyes. The APB renders this part of the clause “a scourge on your sides.”

   Joshua 23:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Joshua 23:13 the APB presents the term within the image “a scourge on your sides”; This rendering is treated as confirmation of the clause's overall image.