yam denotes the great body of water stirred by winds and from which four beasts ascend in Daniel's vision.

The attested use presents a determined singular body of water: in Daniel's vision it is stirred by four winds, and four beasts ascend from it.

1. The great water in Daniel's vision · dominant

   Both occurrences use the determined singular noun for the water scene in Daniel's vision. In Daniel 7:2 the APB renders that four winds were stirring up “the great sea”; in Daniel 7:3 it renders four great beasts ascending “from the sea.”

   Daniel 7:2Daniel 7:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the same water body as “the great sea” in Daniel 7:2 and as the source from which beasts ascend in Daniel 7:3. The verse is read as a whole.