a.shem describes persons held culpable for an act or failure in the cited passages.

The attested uses describe persons as culpable: brothers acknowledge responsibility for refusing their brother's plea, a king is charged with culpability for not restoring an exile, and men are described as culpable in a setting that includes an offering for guilt.

1. Culpable for a wrong or failure · dominant

   The masculine plural form identifies speakers as responsible for not listening to their distressed brother in Genesis 42:21; in Ezra 10:19, the same plural form occurs as the men give their hand to send out their women and an offering is mentioned. The masculine singular form in 2 Samuel 14:13 applies the charge to the king because he does not bring back the banished one; in 2 Samuel 14:13 the APB renders the clause "the king makes himself guilty."

   Genesis 42:21Ezra 10:192 Samuel 14:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "guilty" in all three verses, while the surrounding clauses specify the conduct or failure involved. Its wording is confirmation of the verse-level presentation rather than a precise mapping of each token.