cha.mu.dah denotes valued items and, in Daniel’s address, a person described as greatly beloved.

The term most often occurs for valued material things—food, articles, stones, and stored wealth—in contexts of plunder, abstinence, honor, and rule. In three verses it is used in the address to Daniel, where the APB presents him as “greatly beloved.”

1. Valued goods, food, and treasures · dominant

   The plural form occurs among plunder in 2 Chronicles 20:25, where the APB renders the listed items as “precious articles.” In Daniel 10:3 it occurs in Daniel’s statement that he did not eat “precious food,” while Daniel 11:38 and Daniel 11:43 place it with gold, silver, stones, and treasures in descriptions of honor and rule.

   2 Chronicles 20:25Daniel 10:3Daniel 11:38Daniel 11:43
2. A valued description of Daniel · common

   In Daniel 9:23, Daniel 10:11, and Daniel 10:19, the plural absolute form appears in the speaker’s direct address to Daniel before instructions, reassurance, or explanation. The APB renders this description as “greatly beloved” in each clause.

   Daniel 9:23Daniel 10:11Daniel 10:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the material contexts, the APB uses “precious articles,” “precious food,” “precious stones,” and “precious things”; in Daniel’s address it uses “greatly beloved.” These are renderings of whole translated clauses rather than definitions.