judge
day.yan denotes a judicial figure or designation in the supplied biblical contexts.
The two attestations support a single broad judicial designation: it occurs once in David's exchange with Saul and once in a verse describing God's settlement of the solitary and release of prisoners, though the translation does not isolate the term's contribution.
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Judicial designation · dominant
The absolute noun form occurs in 1 Samuel 24:16, where the APB renders the surrounding scene as David finishing his words to Saul and Saul weeping. The construct noun form occurs in Psalm 68:6, where the APB renders God's settling the solitary in a home and leading prisoners out into prosperity; neither translation identifies a separate English equivalent for the term.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB does not explicitly isolate this term in either verse. It presents the surrounding scenes—David's speech and Saul's tears in 1 Samuel 24:16, and God's care for the solitary and prisoners in Psalm 68:6—without a one-to-one rendering.