a.va.rah is used for a ford and, in a plea to the king, for a wrong committed.

The attested uses show a.va.rah as a ford in a wilderness setting and, in a separate royal plea, as a wrong committed; the latter identification remains contextual.

1. Ford or crossing place · common

   In 2 Samuel 15:28, the plural construct form עברות occurs in the location where the speaker waits for a message. The APB renders the setting, "I am delaying in the ford in the Arabah of the wilderness."

   2 Samuel 15:28
2. Wrong committed in a royal plea · common

   In 2 Samuel 19:19, the singular absolute form עֲבָרָ֗ה occurs in a plea that the king not hold the servant guilty or remember what was committed. The APB renders the clause with "the wrong your servant committed," though the translation does not isolate the term word-for-word.

   2 Samuel 19:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the first occurrence as "the ford" in 2 Samuel 15:28 and places the second within "the wrong your servant committed" in 2 Samuel 19:19. The second rendering is contextual rather than exact.