ye.da denotes praising God, attested in contexts of thanksgiving and prayer.

The attested use is praise directed to God: Daniel 2:23 joins it with thanksgiving for revealed wisdom and might, while Daniel 6:11 places the participial form in Daniel's prayer before his God.

1. Praise in thanksgiving and prayer · dominant

   In Daniel 2:23, the masculine singular absolute participle occurs as Daniel addresses the God of his fathers after receiving wisdom, might, and the king's matter; the APB renders the clause, "I give thanks and praise." In Daniel 6:11, the same masculine singular absolute participial form occurs in the report of Daniel before his God; the APB renders the surrounding action as "making petition and supplication before his God," without isolating this term's contribution.

   Daniel 2:23Daniel 6:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Daniel 2:23 the APB explicitly includes "praise" alongside thanksgiving. In Daniel 6:11 it presents Daniel's action as "making petition and supplication," so the translation does not clearly mark a separate rendering for the term.