ma.day denotes a Mede or Media-related designation in royal and provincial settings.

The attested uses identify a Mede or Media-related designation: Daniel 5:28 places it with the transfer of a kingdom to the Medes and Persians, while Ezra 6:2 locates a fortress in the province of Media. The forms in Daniel 6:9, Daniel 6:13, and Daniel 6:16 occur in the setting of the king's written interdict and Daniel's response, though the translation does not isolate the term's contribution there.

1. Mede or Media-related designation · dominant

   In Daniel 5:28, the determined masculine singular Gentilic form occurs in the clause that the APB renders as a kingdom given to “the Medes and Persians.” In Ezra 6:2, a proper-noun form occurs in the setting that the APB renders as “the province of Media”; the proper-noun forms in Daniel 6:9, Daniel 6:13, and Daniel 6:16 belong to the king-and-interdict narrative, but the APB does not separately show their contribution.

   Daniel 5:28Daniel 6:13Daniel 6:16Daniel 6:9Ezra 6:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents the term's setting as “the Medes and Persians” in Daniel 5:28 and “the province of Media” in Ezra 6:2. In Daniel 6:9, Daniel 6:13, and Daniel 6:16, the translation does not visibly isolate a corresponding English expression.