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e.sur occurs in Daniel’s tree descriptions and, in Ezra, in a legal penalty context of imprisonment.
The dominant attested setting is the singular noun in Daniel’s descriptions of a tree; the plural form occurs in Ezra’s list of penalties, where the APB ends with imprisonment. The supplied the verse is read as a whole, so the Daniel contribution cannot be isolated beyond its tree-description context.
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Tree-description context · dominant
The singular form occurs in two descriptions of a tree. In Daniel 4:12 the APB renders the clause “in its branches the birds of heaven dwelt,” while Daniel 4:20 continues by describing the tree’s growth, strength, and height; the translation does not isolate this noun’s specific English rendering.
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Confinement as a legal penalty · occasional
The plural form occurs in Ezra 7:26 within a list of judgments for one who does not observe the law. In Ezra 7:26 the APB renders the final listed penalty as “imprisonment,” placing the term in a punitive confinement context.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the Daniel occurrences within tree descriptions, including “branches” in Daniel 4:12, but does not word-align the noun. In Ezra 7:26 it presents the legal context with “imprisonment.”