le.che.nah denotes women listed with the king, nobles, and consorts as drinkers from the temple vessels.

The term denotes a group of women named alongside the king, nobles, and consorts as participants in drinking from vessels taken from the temple.

1. Women included among the royal drinkers · dominant

   In Daniel 5:2 and Daniel 5:3, the construct forms occur in the list of those who drink from the gold and silver vessels brought from the temple; the APB renders the group as “his concubines.” In Daniel 5:23, a plural construct form again occurs with the king, nobles, and consorts, and the APB renders that they “drank wine from them.”

   Daniel 5:2Daniel 5:3Daniel 5:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:3, and Daniel 5:23, the APB presents the group as “concubines” within the list of people who drank from the temple vessels. The verse is read as a whole, but its repeated wording matches the group named in these clauses.