kar denotes rams in livestock and sacrificial or slaughter settings, and in one military scene names battering rams.

The attested usage chiefly identifies rams among flocks, trade goods, food, sacrificial slaughter, and animals led to slaughter. A distinct military occurrence names battering rams in a siege command, while one plural occurrence in a ruin formula remains unclear from the translation.

1. Rams among livestock and slaughtered animals · dominant

   Plural absolute forms occur in livestock, trade, and slaughter contexts: in 2 Kings 3:4 the APB renders a delivery of “a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams with wool,” and in Ezekiel 27:21 it renders trade “in rams and goats.” In Amos 6:4, Isaiah 34:6, and Jeremiah 51:40, the APB places them among animals eaten, slaughtered, or brought down to slaughter; Isaiah 16:1 has the singular absolute form in a command to send “a ram.”

   2 Kings 3:4Amos 6:4Ezekiel 27:21Isaiah 16:1Isaiah 34:6Jeremiah 51:40
2. Battering rams in a siege · occasional

   In Ezekiel 4:2, the plural absolute noun occurs in the command to set a siege and place equipment around the city; the APB renders the clause “place battering rams around it.”

   Ezekiel 4:2
3. Unclear use in a ruin formula · rare

   In Ezekiel 21:27, the supplied plural absolute noun occurs in a threefold formula that the APB renders “Ruin, ruin, ruin.” The translation does not isolate the noun's contribution clearly enough to assign it to the animal or siege use with confidence.

   Ezekiel 21:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the animal-context occurrences as “rams,” including livestock, food, trade, and slaughter clauses. It renders Ezekiel 4:2 as “battering rams” and Ezekiel 21:27 as “Ruin”; The latter does not securely identify the noun's specific contribution.