ma.a.var denotes a crossing place, shown as a ford at Michmash and in a torrent-crossing scene.

The clearest attested use is for a place of crossing: 1 Samuel 13:23 names a ford at Michmash, while Genesis 32:23 places the construct noun in a scene of crossing a torrent. Isaiah 30:32 also has the noun in construct form, but the translation does not isolate its contribution within the battle clause.

1. Crossing place in a ford or torrent scene · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 13:23, the construct noun occurs in the phrase naming the ford of Michmash; the APB renders the clause “toward the ford of Michmash.” In Genesis 32:23, it occurs in a torrent-crossing context, where the APB renders the action “caused them to cross the torrent.”

   1 Samuel 13:23Genesis 32:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 13:23 the APB explicitly uses “ford,” while Genesis 32:23 presents a crossing of “the torrent.” In Isaiah 30:32, the translation’s battle wording does not provide an identifiable English counterpart for the noun.