ka.vash denotes bringing land, peoples, or other targets under control, including servitude and figurative overcoming.

The attested use most often concerns land or nations being brought under control, whether commanded, achieved, or described as already accomplished. It also describes making people servants and extends to the queen in Esther, iniquities in Micah, and sling stones in Zechariah.

1. Bringing land or nations under control · dominant

   In Genesis 1:28, the Qal imperative addresses a plural audience in the command concerning the earth, alongside dominion over living creatures. In Numbers 32:22 and Numbers 32:29, and in Joshua 18:1, Niphal forms describe the land as having been brought under control before further settlement arrangements; 2 Samuel 8:11 and 1 Chronicles 22:18 likewise place nations or the land in that achieved condition.

   Genesis 1:28Numbers 32:22Numbers 32:29Joshua 18:12 Samuel 8:111 Chronicles 22:18
2. Forcing people into servitude · common

   In Jeremiah 34:11 and Jeremiah 34:16, sequential imperfect forms occur when people who had been sent away free are brought back to be male and female servants. Nehemiah 5:5 uses an active participle for the ongoing subjection of sons and daughters to servants, while 2 Chronicles 28:10 places the infinitive in an accusation about intending to make Judah and Jerusalem into slaves.

   Jeremiah 34:11Jeremiah 34:16Nehemiah 5:52 Chronicles 28:10
3. Overcoming a specified target · occasional

   In Esther 7:8, the Qal infinitive is part of the king's question about Haman and the queen. Micah 7:19 uses a Qal imperfect with iniquities as the target, and Zechariah 9:15 uses a Qal perfect in the clause the APB renders “they will eat and subdue the stones of the sling.”

   Esther 7:8Micah 7:19Zechariah 9:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses “subdued” or “subdue,” including land, nations, servants, iniquities, and sling stones. In the servitude passages it also frames the action through bringing people back to be servants; That broader wording does not isolate every contribution of the Hebrew form.