This adjective appears exclusively with the verb 'to walk,' describing someone going barefoot. In Micah 1:8 the prophet declares he will go barefoot and naked as a sign of mourning and judgment. Job 12:17 and 12:19 describe God leading counselors and priests barefoot, stripped of their dignity and status. The multilingual evidence shows some uncertainty in rendering (French dépouiller 'to strip', German's transliteration), suggesting the word itself is somewhat rare or archaic. Barefoot walking in the ancient world signaled shame, mourning, captivity, or prophetic symbolism—a stripping away of normal social dignity.