dak.ran denotes the records consulted in a book concerning the city's past conduct.

The attested plural form refers to records preserved in a book and consulted to establish information about a city's earlier actions.

1. Records consulted for past information · dominant

   In Ezra 4:15, the determined masculine plural form occurs in the instruction to search a book; the APB renders the surrounding clause "the book of the records of your fathers" and says that the search will reveal the city's past rebellion.

   Ezra 4:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezra 4:15, the APB presents the term within "the book of the records"; The precise contribution of each repeated form cannot be separated further.