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a.nach.na identifies a first-person plural group as speakers, actors, or self-described servants.
The attested forms mark a first-person plural group in direct speech and reports: the speakers answer a king in Daniel 3:16, are included in a conditional statement in Daniel 3:17, address a king in Ezra 4:16, and identify themselves as servants in Ezra 5:11.
Senses in use
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First-person plural personal reference · dominant
Each occurrence is decoded as a personal, first-person, common plural pronoun. In Daniel 3:16 the APB presents a group answering the king; in Daniel 3:17 the group is included in a statement about deliverance. In Ezra 4:16 the speakers make a report to the king, while Ezra 5:11 presents the respondents identifying themselves as servants of the God of heaven and earth.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The translation presents the pronoun through plural group speech, action, and self-identification across these clauses. Its precise English placement cannot be assigned to the Aramaic form in every verse.