a.tar denotes placing a crown or conferring elevated honor or rule in the passages where it occurs.

The occurrences portray crowning as the placing of a crown and as conferring elevated honor or authority: a mother crowns Solomon, God crowns a person with steadfast love and compassion, Tyre is called a crowning city, and a human is set in rule over God’s works. One occurrence has a Piel perfect form whose contribution is not isolated by the translation.

1. Crowning or conferring elevated honor · dominant

   In Psalm 103:4, the masculine singular construct active participle occurs in the clause the APB renders "he crowns you with steadfast love and compassion," while Song of Songs 3:11 has a third feminine singular Piel perfect in the account of Solomon’s mother crowning him. Isaiah 23:8 uses a feminine singular Hiphil active participle for Tyre as "the crowning city"; Psalm 8:6 has a second masculine singular Piel imperfect where the APB describes the man as ruler over God’s works, and Psalm 65:12 has a second masculine singular Piel perfect, though the APB’s rendering does not isolate its contribution.

   Psalm 103:4Song of Songs 3:11Isaiah 23:8Psalm 8:6Psalm 65:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "crowns" in Psalm 103:4 and "crowned" in Song of Songs 3:11, and calls Tyre "the crowning city" in Isaiah 23:8. In Psalm 8:6 and Psalm 65:12, its loose whole-verse rendering does not clearly identify a matching English expression for the term.