a.nash denotes the assessment of a penalty, whether imposed on someone or borne by those who incur it.

The attested use concerns assessing a penalty in judicial or corrective settings: it is imposed on an offender, land, or person in the Qal forms, while Niphal forms and a plural noun describe those who undergo that penalty. The verses place this action in rulings over injury and accusation, a royal levy, the treatment of the righteous and mockers, and the consequences faced by the simple.

1. Assessment of a penalty · dominant

   In Exodus 21:22, a Qal infinitive absolute occurs in the ruling after men strike a pregnant woman; the APB renders the required outcome as being "surely be fined" through the judges. Deuteronomy 22:19 records a Qal sequential perfect in the judgment on the man who brought a bad name upon a virgin, while 2 Chronicles 36:3 places a Qal sequential imperfect in the Egyptian king's action against the land. Proverbs 17:26 and Proverbs 21:11 likewise use Qal infinitive constructs in statements about imposing a penalty on a righteous man and on a mocker.

   Exodus 21:22Deuteronomy 22:192 Chronicles 36:3Proverbs 17:26Proverbs 21:11
2. Being subject to a penalty · common

   In Proverbs 22:3 and Proverbs 27:12, the Niphal perfect plural describes the simple who continue past distress or danger; the APB renders their outcome as being "fined" or paying "the penalty." Amos 2:8 uses a common masculine plural noun in the phrase about drinking the wine of "those fined."

   Proverbs 22:3Proverbs 27:12Amos 2:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB uses "fined," "impose a fine," and "pay the penalty" for the relevant penalty context, and calls the Amos group "those fined." These renderings show the clauses' overall presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent for each form.