na.ats denotes rejecting or treating someone or something with contempt, including God, his words, and instruction.

The term most often marks a contemptuous rejection directed toward the LORD, his offerings, words, counsel, or instruction; it can also describe such treatment of people or a name. In its sole Hiphil occurrence, the surrounding clause concerns desire failing, though the translation does not isolate the term's contribution.

1. Rejecting with contempt · dominant

   The term marks repudiation of a person or what belongs to that person: in Numbers 14:11 the LORD asks how long the people will act this way toward him despite his signs, and the APB renders the clause “will this people spurn me.” It likewise concerns the LORD's offering in 1 Samuel 2:17, his instruction in Isaiah 5:24, his counsel in Psalm 107:11, and his name in Psalm 74:18; the APB variously renders these clauses with “spurned,” “despised,” “rejected,” and “reviled.”

   Numbers 14:111 Samuel 2:17Isaiah 5:24Psalm 107:11Psalm 74:18Jeremiah 33:24
2. Desire failing · rare

   In Ecclesiastes 12:5, the Hiphil imperfect occurs in the sequence describing the almond tree, the locust, and a person going to an eternal home; the APB renders the relevant clause “desire fails.” The verse is read as a whole, so the term's specific contribution in this verse remains less certain than in the rejection contexts.

   Ecclesiastes 12:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the rejection contexts, the APB uses “spurn,” “despise,” “reject,” “renounce,” and “revile” in the surrounding clauses. In Ecclesiastes 12:5 it renders the clause “desire fails”; These English choices should not be treated as a fixed one-to-one rendering.