ya.tar denotes what is still left—people, goods, or portions—and can describe leaving or preserving something.

The term most often marks persons, objects, land portions, or named groups that are still present after others have gone, been taken, or been excluded. In causative forms it can describe leaving something behind or preserving a few, including food left after eating and survivors preserved from calamity.

1. Being left as a remainder or survivor · dominant

   Niphal participles and completed forms identify what is still present within a larger group or after loss. In 1 Kings 9:21 the APB renders the clause about sons who remained in the land, while in Isaiah 30:17 it renders those addressed as left after fleeing; the same use can mark a remaining portion of land in Ezekiel 48:15.

   1 Kings 9:21Isaiah 30:17Ezekiel 48:152 Samuel 9:11 Kings 20:30Leviticus 2:10
2. Leaving or preserving what remains · common

   Hiphil forms portray an agent causing something or someone to be left. In 2 Kings 4:44 the APB renders the result after eating as some being left, and in Ezekiel 12:16 it renders the preservation of a few men from sword, famine, and pestilence; Exodus 12:10 gives an instruction not to leave any until morning.

   2 Kings 4:44Ezekiel 12:16Exodus 12:101 Chronicles 18:4Ezekiel 39:28Psalm 79:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB uses wording such as “remained,” “left,” “remainder,” and “preserve.” These renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents for each form.