Job 30:5 employs this Aramaic-influenced noun in describing social outcasts: 'from the midst they are driven.' The word represents an Aramaism in biblical Hebrew, sharing forms with Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic terms for 'middle' or 'interior.' Some translations render it 'community' or 'society,' emphasizing social rather than spatial position. Job's archaic language frequently preserves such rare or borrowed terms, contributing to the book's linguistic distinctiveness. The phrase echoes Cicero's Latin expression 'driven from the midst,' suggesting a common ancient metaphor for social expulsion.