This verb describes being covered, enveloped, or having one's senses obscured—either fainting from exhaustion or being enshrouded in confusion. Ezekiel 31:15 uses it in a metaphor about trees of Eden fainting or being covered in mourning when the great cedar (Assyria) fell. The context suggests the trees are enshrouded or covered (perhaps in darkness or mourning), though some translations understand it as fainting or swooning. The image conveys sympathetic response to catastrophic fall—all creation reacts when judgment strikes the mighty. The verb captures both physical covering and the overwhelming of consciousness.