me.di.nah denotes an administrative territory, identified with Babylon, Judah, or Media and sometimes viewed in the plural.

The term denotes an administrative territory: most often Babylon as the setting of royal appointments, officials, prosperity, and collected resources; it also identifies Judah and Media and occurs in the plural for territories affected by a rebellious city.

1. Administrative territorial unit · dominant

   The construct singular identifies Babylon as the territory over which Daniel and others are appointed or prosper: in Daniel 2:48 the APB renders Daniel as ruler over the whole “province of Babylon,” and in Daniel 3:30 it places the three men’s prosperity there. The determined singular identifies Judah and Media in Ezra 5:8 and Ezra 6:2, while the plural in Ezra 4:15 occurs in the claim that a city damages kings and “provinces.”

   Daniel 2:48Daniel 2:49Daniel 3:2Ezra 4:15Ezra 5:8Ezra 6:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB presents the term as “province” or “provinces,” naming Babylon, Judah, and Media or referring to territories generally. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the clauses’ territorial setting without fixing every individual English correspondence.