daughter
bat denotes a female child or named female family member, and can also designate settlements belonging to a city.
The term most often marks a female child or female member of a family, especially in lineage notices, marriage arrangements, and references to sons and daughters together. In city lists, its plural construct forms refer to places belonging with a named city, rendered as that city’s “daughters” or “villages” in the APB.
Senses in use
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Female child or family member · dominant
Singular construct forms identify women by family relationship: in 1 Kings 3:1 the APB renders Pharaoh’s female child as Solomon’s marriage alliance, and in 1 Chronicles 2:35 Sheshan gives his female child to Jarha as a wife. Plural forms place female children alongside sons in household and family notices; in 1 Chronicles 23:22 Eleazar has no sons but daughters, while 1 Samuel 30:3 reports wives, sons, and daughters taken captive.
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Settlements associated with a city · common
Plural construct forms occur after named places in lists of territory and settlement. In 1 Chronicles 7:28 the APB renders Bethel, Gezer, Shechem, and Gaza with their “daughters,” whereas in 2 Chronicles 13:19 the corresponding city list is rendered with “villages.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the family use with “daughter” or “daughters,” including named parentage and lists with sons. For city lists it varies between “daughters” and “villages”; These are renderings of the clauses rather than a fixed English equivalent.