a.qar describes being without children or offspring, applied to women, a man, and livestock.

The term consistently marks a condition of having no child or offspring: women are described this way in family and birth contexts, while Deuteronomy extends the wording to male and female persons and livestock. In Psalm 113:9, the condition is set against becoming a mother of children.

1. Without children or offspring · dominant

   The feminine singular absolute forms describe women whose lack of a child is stated in the surrounding clauses: in Genesis 11:30 the APB renders, "Sarai was barren; she had no child," and in Judges 13:3 it renders the woman's condition before saying that she will conceive and bear a son. In Deuteronomy 7:14, masculine and feminine singular forms occur in the declaration that no male or female, including livestock, will be in this condition; Psalm 113:9 uses a feminine singular construct form in a clause about a woman becoming a mother of children.

   Genesis 11:30Genesis 25:21Judges 13:3Exodus 23:26Deuteronomy 7:14Psalm 113:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly uses "barren" in clauses that also mention having no child, not bearing, conceiving, or becoming a mother of children. These English clauses confirm the verse context rather than assign a separate English rendering to each form.