av identifies a father, including a king’s father or a group of forebears named in records and judgment.

The attested uses identify an individual as a king’s father in Daniel, while plural forms refer to forebears in records and in an account of judgment on an earlier generation.

1. A king’s father · dominant

   The singular construct forms occur in royal statements involving Nebuchadnezzar and the king addressed. In Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:11, Daniel 5:13, and Daniel 5:18, the APB renders the relevant relationship as “father,” including the statement that Nebuchadnezzar was the king’s father.

   Daniel 5:2Daniel 5:11Daniel 5:13Daniel 5:18
2. Forebears as a group · common

   The plural construct forms point to earlier generations. In Ezra 4:15 the APB renders the clause about a book of records of “fathers”; in Ezra 5:12 it renders the group whose provocation led to exile as “fathers.” Daniel 2:23 likewise addresses God in relation to Daniel’s “fathers.”

   Daniel 2:23Ezra 4:15Ezra 5:12

In the Anselm Paraphrase: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the singular forms as “father” and the plural forms as “fathers.” Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these renderings confirm the clauses’ relationships rather than isolate every formal detail of the Aramaic.