a.var denotes moving across or beyond a place, and in some clauses causing something to be moved, removed, or violated.

The sampled verses most often use a.var for people, animals, or a divine figure moving across, onward, or beyond a boundary or location. Other clauses use its Hiphil forms for causing persons or things to be moved or removed, while a smaller group concerns violating a command or covenant, the passing of time, and a plea concerning iniquity.

1. Moving across, onward, or beyond · dominant

   Qal forms describe concrete movement through or past a place: in 1 Kings 18:6 the land is divided for travel through it, and in 2 Kings 2:8 two people move across dry ground after the water divides. Participles mark people or the LORD in motion in 1 Kings 13:25 and 1 Kings 19:11, while 2 Samuel 17:21 urges David and his people to cross the water quickly.

   1 Kings 18:62 Kings 2:81 Kings 13:251 Kings 19:112 Samuel 17:211 Samuel 13:7
2. Causing movement, transfer, or removal · common

   Hiphil forms occur where someone causes a person or thing to be dealt with by movement: 2 Chronicles 35:23 commands servants to take the wounded king away, and 2 Chronicles 35:24 reports that they brought him to Jerusalem. In 1 Kings 15:12 the APB renders the clause with the removal of persons and idols, and 2 Kings 21:6 describes making a son go through fire.

   2 Chronicles 35:232 Chronicles 35:241 Kings 15:122 Kings 21:61 Samuel 20:361 Samuel 16:10
3. Violating a command or covenant · occasional

   The term is used for acting against an obligation in 1 Samuel 15:24, where Saul says he sinned and the APB renders the following clause "I violated the LORD's command." In 2 Kings 18:12 the APB likewise describes violation of the covenant, and 1 Samuel 2:24 has a Hiphil participle in a report about causing the LORD's people to transgress.

   1 Samuel 15:242 Kings 18:121 Samuel 2:24
4. Time moving onward · rare

   In 1 Kings 18:29, the Qal infinitive construct appears in the clause where midday moves on before the offering. In 1 Chronicles 29:30, a Qal perfect plural occurs in the report of times that moved over David, Israel, and the kingdoms.

   1 Kings 18:291 Chronicles 29:30
5. Request concerning iniquity · rare

   In 1 Chronicles 21:8, David uses a Hiphil imperative in his plea after confessing that he has sinned greatly; the APB renders the request, "please pass over the iniquity of your servant."

   1 Chronicles 21:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the sampled clauses, the APB uses expressions such as "crossed," "passing by," "pass on," and "passed" for movement, but also "removed," "violated," and "pass over" in other settings. These are presentations of whole clauses in a translation rather than fixed word-for-word renderings.