na.tar denotes a sudden movement: leaping, a heart starting from its place, or mountains being scattered.

The attested uses chiefly describe sudden movement from a place: creatures leap upon the land and a heart starts from its place. In a separate Hiphil occurrence, the term stands in the scene where the eternal mountains are scattered.

1. Sudden movement from a place · dominant

   In Leviticus 11:21, the Piel infinitive construct occurs in the clause about legs “with which to leap upon the land.” In Job 37:1, the Qal imperfect describes a heart that “starts from its place” in the APB rendering.

   Leviticus 11:21Job 37:1
2. Scattering in the mountain scene · occasional

   In Habakkuk 3:6, the Hiphil sequential imperfect occurs in the description of the eternal mountains; the APB renders the scene, “The eternal mountains were scattered.” The verse is read as a whole, so the term's precise English contribution within that clause remains less certain.

   Habakkuk 3:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the occurrences with “leap,” “starts from its place,” and mountains “were scattered.” Because it translates whole verses rather than aligning individual words, these renderings indicate the scenes rather than fixed English equivalents.