ne.saq denotes taking or bringing people up in scenes of royal command and judgment.

The attested use concerns taking or bringing people into the action commanded by a king: men take up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Daniel 3:22, and accused men are brought at the king’s command in Daniel 6:24.

1. Taking or bringing people into an ordered action · dominant

   In Daniel 3:22, the Hiphil perfect form occurs of the men whom the APB says had “taken up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego” before the furnace’s flame killed them. In Daniel 6:24, the supplied infinitive-construct forms occur in the king’s command concerning the accused men; the APB renders the following action as “they brought those men.”

   Daniel 3:22Daniel 6:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action as “taken up” in Daniel 3:22 and “brought” in Daniel 6:24. These phrases confirm the scenes’ movement of people without fixing a separate English equivalent for each form.