shil.yah denotes what comes out from between a woman’s feet after childbirth in a siege context.

The attested use names what comes out from between a woman’s feet in connection with childbirth; in Deuteronomy 28:57 it is part of the extreme deprivation described during siege.

1. What emerges after childbirth · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 28:57, the feminine singular construct form occurs in the phrase concerning that which “comes out from between her feet,” alongside the sons she bears. The APB renders the clause “in her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet,” within the verse’s description of secrecy and lack during siege.

   Deuteronomy 28:57

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Deuteronomy 28:57, the APB presents the term in the phrase “her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet.” This rendering is read in light of the clause and the supplied morphology.