ge.zar denotes determining or interpreting matters, and in two dream-vision clauses describes a stone being cut out.

The participial forms occur among groups summoned or named in connection with mysteries, writing, and interpretation, pointing to determining or interpreting matters. In Daniel 2:34 and Daniel 2:45, feminine singular perfect forms occur in the clauses where a stone is described as cut out from a mountain without human hands.

1. Determining or interpreting matters · dominant

   In Daniel 2:27, the masculine plural active participle occurs in Daniel's list of people unable to show the king's mystery; the APB renders the wider list with “diviners.” In Daniel 5:7 and Daniel 5:11, the same participial usage appears among those summoned or listed in contexts of reading and making known an interpretation; the APB renders the wider lists with “soothsayers.” Daniel 4:4 has the determined masculine plural participle, though the APB's statement about Nebuchadnezzar being at ease does not isolate the term's contribution.

   Daniel 2:27Daniel 4:4Daniel 5:7Daniel 5:11
2. Being cut out · common

   In Daniel 2:34, the feminine singular perfect form occurs in the vision clause about a stone, and the APB renders that stone as “cut out, not by hands.” In Daniel 2:45, another feminine singular perfect form stands in the corresponding clause where the stone is “cut from the mountain by no human hands.”

   Daniel 2:34Daniel 2:45

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Daniel 2:27, Daniel 5:7, and Daniel 5:11, the APB places the term within lists rendered with “diviners” or “soothsayers”; in Daniel 2:34 and Daniel 2:45 it renders the stone as “cut out” or “cut from the mountain.” These renderings present the clauses rather than a fixed English equivalent in every occurrence.