me.ach denotes forceful striking, seen when a stone hits an image and when a violator is beaten.

The clearest contexts show physical, forceful striking: a stone hits the image in Daniel 2:34 and Daniel 2:35, while Ezra 6:11 describes punitive beating. Daniel 4:32 places its Piel form within a sequence of imposed humiliation, but the translation does not isolate the term's specific contribution there.

1. Forceful physical striking · dominant

   The Qal perfect feminine singular forms occur in the stone-and-image scene: in Daniel 2:34 the APB renders the stone as having “struck the image,” and in Daniel 2:35 it again identifies the stone that “struck the image.” In Ezra 6:11, the Hothpaal imperfect masculine singular form stands in the penalty clause, which the APB renders “he shall be beaten.”

   Daniel 2:34Daniel 2:35Ezra 6:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the clearest contexts with “struck” in Daniel 2:34 and Daniel 2:35 and “beaten” in Ezra 6:11. In Daniel 4:32, its whole-verse translation describes imposed abasement without isolating this term.