ta.vah denotes making a mark, explicitly on the foreheads of distressed men in Jerusalem.

The attested use concerns making a mark: Ezekiel 9:4 gives the clearest instance, commanding a mark on the foreheads of men who mourn the city’s abominations. In 1 Samuel 21:14, the sequential imperfect forms occur in the account of a man whom Achish describes as acting mad, though the APB does not isolate the term’s specific contribution.

1. Making a mark in a stated action · dominant

   In Ezekiel 9:4, the Hiphil sequential perfect occurs in the command to go through Jerusalem and place a mark on the foreheads of men who sigh and groan over its abominations; the APB renders the action “put a mark on the foreheads.” In 1 Samuel 21:14, two sequential imperfect forms occur in Achish’s observation of a man acting mad, but the APB renders the verse without identifying the term’s particular action.

   Ezekiel 9:41 Samuel 21:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 9:4, the APB explicitly renders the clause “put a mark on the foreheads.” In 1 Samuel 21:14, it describes the man as “acting mad,” without a one-to-one rendering that isolates this term.