gov denotes the lions’ enclosure in the Daniel narrative, including its mouth and bottom.

The occurrences consistently designate the lions’ enclosure in the Daniel narrative: it has a mouth that is sealed, a bottom, and is approached as the place where Daniel and later his accusers are placed. Construct forms occur in clauses associated with the lions, while determined forms identify the enclosure in the ongoing scene.

1. The lions’ enclosed pit · dominant

   In Daniel 6:17 the determined noun occurs in the clause about a stone laid on the enclosure’s mouth and sealed concerning Daniel. Daniel 6:20 has the king draw near it while asking whether Daniel was delivered from the lions, and Daniel 6:24 describes those cast into the lions’ enclosure before reaching its bottom. The construct forms in Daniel 6:13, Daniel 6:25, and Daniel 6:8 occur in the same narrative context, though the APB wording in those verses does not isolate the term’s contribution.

   Daniel 6:17Daniel 6:20Daniel 6:24Daniel 6:13Daniel 6:25Daniel 6:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the clause makes the correspondence clear, the APB renders the setting as “the den,” including “the mouth of the den” in Daniel 6:17 and “the den of lions” in Daniel 6:24. Its wording in the remaining verses does not always display the term explicitly.