na.phats describes people or populations becoming scattered, including those later gathered from distant places.

The attested use describes people or populations becoming scattered: Saul's people scatter from him, the land is dispersed from Noah's sons, nations are dispersed, and Judah's dispersed people are gathered from the earth's four corners.

1. Becoming scattered or dispersed · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 13:11, the Qal perfect form occurs as Saul says that the people were scattering from him; in Genesis 9:19, a Qal perfect form stands in the statement that all the land was dispersed from Noah's sons. Isaiah 33:3 likewise uses a Qal perfect form as the APB renders the nations as dispersed, while Isaiah 11:12 has a Niphal participle for Judah's dispersed people whom he will gather.

   1 Samuel 13:11Genesis 9:19Isaiah 33:3Isaiah 11:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the clauses with “scattering,” “dispersed,” and “the dispersed.” Because it is a whole-verse translation, these terms confirm the clauses' presentation without fixing a separate English equivalent for every form.