pa.tar describes being set apart or dismissed, and in other contexts escaping or being caused to escape.

The attested uses most often concern release or separation: persons are set apart, divisions are not dismissed, and strife is compared with letting out water. In two narrative or plea contexts, the verb concerns eluding danger or causing someone to escape.

1. Set apart, dismiss, or let out · dominant

   In 1 Chronicles 9:33, the passive participle describes singers in chambers whom the APB renders as “set apart.” In 2 Chronicles 23:8, the perfect occurs in the statement that Jehoiada had not “dismissed the divisions,” while Proverbs 17:14 uses an active participle in the comparison of strife to “letting out water.”

   1 Chronicles 9:332 Chronicles 23:8Proverbs 17:14
2. Escape or cause escape · common

   In 1 Samuel 19:10, the sequential imperfect occurs as David eludes Saul's spear and the APB says that David “fled and escaped.” In Psalm 22:8, the Hiphil imperfect appears in the appeal for the LORD to “cause him to escape.”

   1 Samuel 19:10Psalm 22:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the contexts with “set apart,” “dismissed,” and “letting out water,” and elsewhere with David's escape and a request to “cause him to escape.” These expressions indicate the clauses' presentation rather than fixed English renderings of the lemma.