ap.p.tom denotes a king’s financial intake threatened when a rebuilt city would cease paying imposed charges.

The lone attestation places the term among payments withheld from the king, identifying a royal financial intake that would be harmed if the city were rebuilt.

1. Royal income subject to loss · dominant

   In Ezra 4:13, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the warning that a rebuilt city will not give tribute, poll tax, and custom; the APB renders the resulting concern as “the revenue of the kings will suffer damage.”

   Ezra 4:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezra 4:13, the APB presents the clause as “the revenue of the kings will suffer damage.” The term’s precise English correspondence cannot be isolated beyond the verse’s financial context.