re.qam describes going, appearing, or returning without the expected provision, contents, or result.

The attested clauses use this adverb for the absence of what is expected when someone is sent, appears, goes, or returns: provision for a released servant, an offering before God, water in vessels, or the accomplishment of a mission. The same lack is applied figuratively to a word’s return in Isaiah 55:11; in Psalm 25:3 and Psalm 7:5, the APB does not make the term’s specific contribution transparent.

1. Without expected provision, contents, or outcome · dominant

   The adverb marks a person or thing as lacking what the situation calls for. In Deuteronomy 15:13 the APB renders the sending-away of a freed servant as not being “empty-handed”; in Jeremiah 14:3, vessels return after finding no water; and in Isaiah 55:11, the word sent from God’s mouth does not return unless it accomplishes its purpose. The same clause pattern also appears with appearing before God in Exodus 23:15 and with Naomi’s return in Ruth 1:21.

   Deuteronomy 15:13Exodus 23:15Jeremiah 14:3Ruth 1:21Isaiah 55:112 Samuel 1:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “empty,” “emptily,” or “empty-handed,” including for a return, an appearance, and a sending-away. In Psalm 25:3 and Psalm 7:5, however, its wording does not visibly isolate a corresponding English expression for this adverb.