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 Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the singular forms as “father” and the plural forms as “fathers.” These renderings confirm the clauses’ relationships rather than isolate every formal detail of the Aramaic.