ne.zaq denotes injury or damage, especially harm affecting royal revenue, rulers, or provinces.

The attested usage concerns injury or damage: Ezra 4:13 and Ezra 4:22 place it in warnings about harm to kings and their revenue, while Ezra 4:15 describes a city as damaging to kings and provinces. Daniel 6:3 contains a masculine singular active participle, but the APB wording does not isolate its contribution.

1. Injury or damage affecting rulers and administration · dominant

   In Ezra 4:13, the Hiphil imperfect occurs in the warning that royal revenue will suffer damage if the city is rebuilt. Ezra 4:15 uses a feminine singular construct participle in the description of the city as damaging to kings and provinces, and Ezra 4:22 has a feminine singular construct noun in the warning lest damage increase to the kings. Daniel 6:3 has a masculine singular active participle, though the APB renders the verse without making the term's specific contribution clear.

   Ezra 4:13Ezra 4:15Ezra 4:22Daniel 6:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “suffer damage,” “damaging,” and “damage” in the Ezra verses. In Daniel 6:3, the translation describes Daniel's distinction and the king's appointment of him, without an identifiable English rendering for the participle.