cha.val describes ruin or damage, including kingdoms said not to undergo it and action directed against God’s house.

The attested use concerns bringing something to ruin or damage, or stating that a kingdom will not undergo such ruin. The supplied verses apply this language to kingdoms, to Daniel’s unharmed condition, to a tree vision, and to an attempted alteration or damage of God’s house.

1. Ruin or damage to a kingdom, person, or place · dominant

   The Poal imperfect forms in Daniel 2:44 and Daniel 7:14 occur in statements that a kingdom will not be subject to ruin; in each verse the APB renders the clause “shall not be destroyed.” The Piel forms occur in a tree vision in Daniel 4:20, in Daniel’s being found with “no harm” in Daniel 6:23, and in Ezra 6:12 concerning anyone acting “to alter or to destroy that house of God.” Daniel 6:27 also has a Poal imperfect form, while the supplied APB rendering focuses on God’s deliverance of Daniel rather than isolating the term’s contribution.

   Daniel 2:44Daniel 4:20Daniel 6:23Daniel 6:27Daniel 7:14Ezra 6:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the clause is clear, the APB renders the result with “destroyed” in Daniel 2:44 and Daniel 7:14, and with “destroy” in Ezra 6:12; Daniel 6:23 instead says “no harm was found in him.” Daniel 4:20 and Daniel 6:27 do not isolate a corresponding English rendering.