ke.nat denotes persons identified together as associates in a letter-writing group.

The attested use identifies people joined with named individuals as associates in the context of writing to the Persian king.

1. Persons grouped as associates · dominant

   In Ezra 4:7, the two supplied forms are common masculine plural construct nouns within the clause naming Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and others who wrote to Artaxerxes. The APB renders the group as “the remnant of his associates” and says that they wrote to the king.

   Ezra 4:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezra 4:7, the APB presents the group as “the remnant of his associates”; The contribution of each supplied form cannot be separated further.