ka.nash denotes bringing officials together for the image dedication and their later assembly to inspect the men.

The attested uses describe an official gathering: the king has provincial officials brought together for the image's dedication, and those officials assemble to inspect the men after the fire.

1. Official gathering and assembly · dominant

   In Daniel 3:2, the Qal infinitive construct occurs in the king's sending for named provincial officials to come to the image's dedication; the APB renders the clause "sent to gather." In Daniel 3:3, the Poal masculine plural participle describes those officials assembled for that dedication and standing before the image, while in Daniel 3:27 the same participial form describes officials assembled to examine the men after the fire; the APB renders both clauses "assembled."

   Daniel 3:2Daniel 3:3Daniel 3:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the Daniel 3:2 clause as "sent to gather" and the participial clauses in Daniel 3:3 and Daniel 3:27 as "assembled." These renderings confirm the gathering scenes rather than establish separate lexical uses.