a.vat denotes lending or making a loan, while Joel 2:7 shows a distinct use in not turning aside from a path.

The dominant usage concerns lending: blessing enables lending to nations, an open hand provides what a needy person lacks, and a loan frames rules concerning a neighbor's pledge. In Joel 2:7, the Piel imperfect occurs in a clause saying that the advancing men do not turn aside from their paths.

1. Providing or making a loan · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 15:6, the Hiphil forms occur in the contrast between lending to many nations and not borrowing. Deuteronomy 15:8 places Hiphil forms in the command to open the hand and provide for a needy person's lack, while Deuteronomy 24:10 uses a Qal infinitive construct in the setting of making a loan to a neighbor; the APB renders these clauses with "lend" and "make a loan."

   Deuteronomy 15:6Deuteronomy 15:8Deuteronomy 24:10
2. Turning aside from a path · rare

   In Joel 2:7, the Piel imperfect plural stands in the clause about men who walk in their ways and do not depart from their paths. The APB renders the clause, "they do not turn aside from their paths," though the translation does not align individual English words to the form.

   Joel 2:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the Deuteronomy clauses with "lend" and "make a loan." In Joel 2:7 it gives "they do not turn aside from their paths"; Its wording only confirms the clause-level contrast.