sa.ar describes the fathers’ lack of knowledge of the newly arrived gods in Deuteronomy 32:17.

The sole attested use describes the fathers as lacking knowledge of the newly arrived gods named in Deuteronomy 32:17.

1. Lacking knowledge of named gods · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 32:17, the Qal perfect third common plural form occurs in the clause concerning gods unknown to the fathers; the APB renders the verse, "gods they had not known, new ones that came recently, that your fathers did not know."

   Deuteronomy 32:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Deuteronomy 32:17, the APB presents the clause with "had not known" and "did not know." The specific correspondence of the Hebrew form cannot be isolated beyond the clause’s stated lack of knowledge.