ge.naz denotes royal stores or holdings, searched in a house and drawn on for provision for the house of God.

The attested uses concern royal holdings: Ezra 5:17 and Ezra 6:1 place the plural noun in a house searched for material concerning a decree, while Ezra 7:20 uses the construct form for royal treasuries from which provision is supplied.

1. Royal holdings kept for search or provision · dominant

   In Ezra 5:17 and Ezra 6:1, the determined plural forms occur in the setting of a search in a house; the APB renders that house as containing “archives” and “documents.” In Ezra 7:20, the construct plural occurs in the instruction to provide what is needed from royal treasuries; the APB’s wording confirms a setting of royal provision.

   Ezra 5:17Ezra 6:1Ezra 7:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant settings as a “house of archives,” a “house of the documents,” and “royal treasuries.” These phrases describe the clauses rather than establish separate renderings of the term.