cha.mar denotes wine, whether drunk at Belshazzar's feast or supplied among offerings and measured provisions.

The term denotes wine in both drinking scenes and provision lists: Daniel 5:1, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:4, and Daniel 5:23 place it in Belshazzar's feast and the drinking from temple vessels, while Ezra 6:9 and Ezra 7:22 list it among items to be supplied or measured.

1. Wine as a drink or supplied commodity · dominant

   In Daniel 5:1, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:4, and Daniel 5:23, the determined singular form occurs in clauses about drinking at Belshazzar's feast, including drinking from vessels brought from the temple. In Ezra 6:9 and Ezra 7:22, the absolute singular form occurs in lists with wheat, salt, and oil, where the APB renders provisions to be given and amounts to be supplied.

   Daniel 5:1Daniel 5:2Daniel 5:4Daniel 5:23Ezra 6:9Ezra 7:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the term as “wine,” both in drinking clauses in Daniel and in lists of provisions in Ezra. These renderings confirm the verse contexts rather than establish separate lexical senses.