man denotes plural gold and silver items belonging to God’s house, used for drinking, transfer, return, and service.

The attested forms refer consistently to plural gold and silver items associated with the house of God: they are taken from the temple, used for drinking, transferred between temples, returned to Jerusalem, deposited there, and delivered for service.

1. Items belonging to God’s house · dominant

   Across the occurrences, the plural noun names gold and silver items connected with the house of God. In Daniel 5:2 and Daniel 5:3, the construct forms occur in the command to bring items from the temple so that the king’s company might drink from them; in Ezra 5:14, Ezra 5:15, Ezra 6:5, and Ezra 7:19, determined plural forms occur as these items are brought out, deposited, returned, or delivered for the house of God.

   Daniel 5:2Daniel 5:3Daniel 5:23Ezra 5:14Ezra 5:15Ezra 6:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the plural forms as “vessels,” including items brought from the temple, used for drinking, returned, deposited, and delivered for service. This rendering is best read as its presentation of the surrounding clauses rather than as a precise lexical equation.