dik.ken is a demonstrative pronoun used to point to the image or horn being described in Daniel.

As a demonstrative pronoun, dik.ken identifies a particular figure within Daniel’s visions: the great image in Daniel 2:31 and the horn under description in Daniel 7:20 and Daniel 7:21.

1. Demonstrative reference to a described figure · dominant

   The supplied morphology identifies each form as a demonstrative pronoun. In Daniel 2:31 the APB renders the vision of “a single great image” and then refers to “this image”; in Daniel 7:20 and Daniel 7:21 it continues the description of the horn, including its mouth, appearance, and warfare against the holy ones.

   Daniel 2:31Daniel 7:20Daniel 7:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the demonstrative reference with “this image” in Daniel 2:31 and with references to “that horn” in Daniel 7:20 and Daniel 7:21. These renderings show the clause-level reference rather than a fixed English equivalent.