a.ra denotes the earth as the terrestrial expanse, including ground from which beings arise or on which kingdoms act.

The attested use denotes the earth as the terrestrial expanse: it can be filled, ruled, seen in its entirety, or acted upon by kingdoms, and it also names the ground from which kings arise or from which a figure is lifted. It occurs as the earthly counterpart in heaven-and-earth language and in statements about what is under the heavens.

1. The terrestrial expanse and ground · dominant

   The supplied forms are determined common feminine singular nouns throughout. In Daniel 2:35 the APB renders the stone as filling “the whole earth,” while Daniel 7:23 describes a kingdom that will “devour the whole earth, trample it, and crush it”; Daniel 7:17 and Daniel 7:4 also place kings arising from it and a creature lifted from it. Ezra 5:11 and Jeremiah 10:11 place it alongside heaven or the heavens, confirming its use for the earthly realm rather than a distinct lexical use.

   Daniel 2:35Daniel 7:23Daniel 7:17Daniel 7:4Ezra 5:11Jeremiah 10:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “earth,” including “the whole earth” in Daniel 2:35 and Daniel 7:23, and uses it in heaven-and-earth expressions in Ezra 5:11 and Jeremiah 10:11. These English phrases confirm the verse contexts rather than assign a separate rendering to every token.