sa.rekh refers to chiefs who appear in Daniel's royal setting and act together in matters concerning the king.

The attested forms occur as plural references to chiefs in Daniel's royal setting: they are mentioned in relation to Daniel, seek an accusation against him, speak together, and are included in a consultation concerning a royal decree.

1. Chiefs in the royal setting · dominant

   The plural forms occur in Daniel 6:3, Daniel 6:4, Daniel 6:5, Daniel 6:7, and Daniel 6:8 amid actions before the king. In Daniel 6:4 the APB renders a group seeking an occasion against Daniel, and in Daniel 6:7 it renders a group consulting together about a statute and interdict; the construct plural in Daniel 6:8 occurs in the king-directed instruction to establish and sign the writing.

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In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding group as "officials" in Daniel 6:3, Daniel 6:4, and Daniel 6:7, while Daniel 6:5 says "those men" and Daniel 6:8 addresses the king without an obvious corresponding English group term. These are presentations of the clauses rather than fixed renderings of the lemma.