pas denotes the palm or inner part of a hand in the writing-hand scene of Daniel 5.

The two occurrences refer to the palm of a hand in the scene of writing: the hand is seen writing in Daniel 5:5, and the palm is said to have been sent in Daniel 5:24.

1. Palm of the writing hand · dominant

   In Daniel 5:5, the construct singular form occurs with the hand that wrote on the wall; the APB renders the clause "the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote." In Daniel 5:24, the determined singular form identifies the palm sent from his presence, after which the writing was inscribed.

   Daniel 5:5Daniel 5:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "the palm of the hand" in both Daniel 5:5 and Daniel 5:24. This reflects the clause-level presentation rather than a separate lexical distinction.