be.shar denotes bodily flesh, contrasted with the gods’ dwelling and named as what the beast is told to eat.

The attested clauses use the term for bodily flesh: Daniel 2:11 contrasts the gods’ dwelling with flesh, and Daniel 7:5 places it in the command to eat much flesh. Its contribution in Daniel 4:9 is not identifiable from the whole-verse translation.

1. Bodily flesh in contrast and consumption · dominant

   In Daniel 2:11, the determined singular form occurs in the statement that the gods’ dwelling is not with flesh; the APB renders the clause “whose dwelling is not with flesh.” In Daniel 7:5, the absolute singular form occurs in the command directed to the bear-like beast; the APB renders “Arise, eat much flesh.”

   Daniel 2:11Daniel 7:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “flesh” in Daniel 2:11 and Daniel 7:5. In Daniel 4:9, the translation does not show an identifiable English counterpart for the attested form.