to be
ha.va marks existence, identity, condition, and what comes to pass in the Aramaic passages.
The attested use marks existence or status: it frames what is expected to occur, identifies persons or things, and occurs in descriptions of changed, continued, or observed states.
Senses in use
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Existence, identity, and state · dominant
In Daniel 2:29, imperfect forms stand in statements about what will be after this. In Daniel 6:15 and Ezra 5:11, perfect forms occur in clauses identifying a law and the speakers as servants; Daniel 2:35 and Ezra 4:24 place forms in changes or continuance of state, as the stone became a mountain and the work remained ceased. Daniel 7:2 has a first-common-singular perfect in Daniel's vision report, which the APB renders "I was seeing."
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Daniel 2:29, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 7:2, and Ezra 5:11, the APB has "will be," "became," "I was seeing," and "We are." These are verse-level presentations rather than fixed equivalents.