da.qar describes forcefully wounding or killing by driving through a person, often in scenes involving a sword.

The attested use describes a forceful bodily wounding, commonly in acts that kill or leave people slain: a weapon-bearer is commanded to strike Saul, a young man kills Abimelech, and victims are described as wounded or slain. The same action also appears in the lamenting clause of Zechariah 12:10.

1. Forcefully wounding or killing by penetration · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 31:4, the Qal imperative occurs in Saul's command that his armor-bearer use a drawn sword against him; the APB renders the clause "thrust me through with it." In Judges 9:54, a Qal sequential imperfect marks the young man's action after Abimelech calls for a sword, and the APB renders that he "pierced him through, and he died." Passive participles in Jeremiah 51:4 and Lamentations 4:9 describe people among the slain or those harmed by the sword.

   1 Samuel 31:4Judges 9:54Numbers 25:8Jeremiah 51:4Lamentations 4:9Zechariah 12:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its wording among "pierce," "thrust through," "wounded," and "slain," according to each verse's wider scene. These are renderings of whole clauses of the Hebrew form.