a.dar describes something being absent or not failing to be present, whether people, named items, truth, or justice.

The attested use describes absence or the failure of something to be present: no person is left behind, no named member is missing, truth is absent, and justice does not fail. The same use also appears in a clause whose specific English counterpart is not exposed by the APB translation.

1. Being absent, missing, or not failing · dominant

   The Niphal forms describe absence in several settings: in 2 Samuel 17:22 the APB renders that “not one was lacking” after the people crossed the Jordan; in Isaiah 34:16 and Isaiah 40:26 it renders “not one of them is lacking” and “not one is missing.” In Isaiah 59:15 the participle occurs where the APB says that truth “has become lacking,” while Zephaniah 3:5 presents the corresponding negative outcome as “he does not fail.” The Piel imperfect in 1 Kings 5:7 occurs in the reported speech of Hiram, though the APB rendering does not isolate its contribution; 1 Samuel 30:19 likewise contains a Niphal perfect in a verse whose translation does not make the relevant clause explicit.

   1 Kings 5:71 Samuel 30:192 Samuel 17:22Isaiah 34:16Isaiah 40:26Isaiah 59:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the clauses with “lacking,” “missing,” and “does not fail.” In 1 Kings 5:7 and 1 Samuel 30:19, the whole-verse translation does not clearly isolate the term’s specific English rendering.