to alienate
na.khar describes making or regarding someone as an outsider, with its exact English expression varying by context.
The supplied occurrences support a single broad use concerning alienation or outsider-status: the verb appears in accounts of a wife’s arrival and Joseph’s encounter with his brothers, as well as in statements about Saul, adversaries, and Judah’s unfaithfulness. The translation presents these clauses with varied English wording, so the precise English contribution of each form cannot always be isolated.
Senses in use
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Alienation or outsider-status in varied contexts · dominant
The forms occur in clauses concerning the wife of Jeroboam’s arrival in 1 Kings 14:5 and 1 Kings 14:6, Joseph’s encounter with his brothers in Genesis 42:7, Saul’s statement about David in 1 Samuel 23:7, and accusations or anticipated claims involving adversaries in Deuteronomy 32:27 and Jeremiah 19:4. Proverbs 26:24 likewise places the form in a clause about an enemy’s lips and concealed deceit; the supplied translation confirms the broad contexts enough to assign a distinct English sense to each occurrence.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses varied wording in the surrounding clauses, including “disguising herself” in 1 Kings 14:5 and 1 Kings 14:6, “treated them as strangers” in Genesis 42:7, and “alienated” in 1 Samuel 23:7. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these expressions should not be treated as separate direct renderings of the term.