ta.a.ru.vah refers to persons held as security in accounts of seized temple and royal wealth.

The attested plural noun denotes persons held as security within accounts of property seized from the house of God and the royal treasury; both occurrences place them among what was taken and carried to Samaria.

1. Persons held as security · dominant

   In 2 Kings 14:14, the plural form occurs among gold, silver, and articles seized from the house of the LORD and royal treasuries; the APB renders the clause "together with the sons held as security." In 2 Chronicles 25:24, the same plural form stands in the corresponding list of taken valuables, where the APB renders "the sons of the hostages."

   2 Kings 14:142 Chronicles 25:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "sons held as security" in 2 Kings 14:14 and as "sons of the hostages" in 2 Chronicles 25:24. These phrases confirm the clause-level setting rather than establish separate senses.