sa.ruq denotes vine growth described as being struck in Isaiah’s image of devastated fields.

The lone attestation places the term among the vine growth struck as the fields of Heshbon are weakened.

1. Vine growth struck in a devastated field · dominant

   In Isaiah 16:8, the masculine plural construct form occurs in the clause about the vine of Sebam after the fields of Heshbon are weakened. The APB renders the clause, “the masters of nations have struck her tendrils,” presenting the term within imagery of damaged vine growth.

   Isaiah 16:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 16:8, the APB presents the clause as “the masters of nations have struck her tendrils.” This rendering identifies the verse’s vine-damage imagery rather than isolating the term with certainty.