a.vad identifies people as servants in relation to a king or to God.

The attested passages use the term for people identified as servants under a king or in relation to God: royal speakers call themselves the king’s servants, while Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, and the builders are identified as servants of God.

1. Persons identified in service to a superior · dominant

   In Daniel 2:4 and Daniel 2:7, plural construct forms occur in the request that the king tell the dream to “your servants.” In Daniel 3:26, Daniel 3:28, and Ezra 5:11, the same construct relationship identifies persons as servants of God; Ezra 4:11 presents the letter writers as “Your servants” to Artaxerxes.

   Daniel 2:4Daniel 2:7Daniel 3:26Daniel 3:28Ezra 4:11Ezra 5:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearer clauses, the APB uses “servants,” including “your servants,” “servants of the Most High God,” and “servants of the God of heaven and earth.” In Daniel 6:21, although a singular construct noun is supplied, the APB’s “O king, live forever” does not visibly isolate its contribution.