qal denotes an audible signal or utterance, heard from instruments or in connection with spoken words.

The attested use centers on an audible sound: it marks the instrumental cue that prompts people to bow before the image in Daniel 3:5, Daniel 3:7, Daniel 3:10, and Daniel 3:15, and it also occurs with the great words spoken by the horn in Daniel 7:11. Its contribution in the absolute-form occurrences of Daniel 4:28 and Daniel 6:21 is not isolated by the APB translation.

1. Audible sound or utterance · dominant

   In Daniel 3:5, Daniel 3:7, Daniel 3:10, and Daniel 3:15, the construct form occurs in the hearing of a list of instruments and every kind of music; the APB renders the clause with “the sound” that precedes falling down and worshiping the image. In Daniel 7:11, the construct form is connected with “the great words that the horn was speaking,” extending the attested use to an audible utterance. The absolute forms in Daniel 4:28 and Daniel 6:21 occur in verses where the APB does not clearly isolate the term's contribution.

   Daniel 3:5Daniel 3:7Daniel 3:10Daniel 3:15Daniel 7:11Daniel 6:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly renders the instrumental and spoken-word clauses with “the sound” in Daniel 3:5, Daniel 3:7, Daniel 3:10, Daniel 3:15, and Daniel 7:11. Its wording in Daniel 4:28 and Daniel 6:21 does not identify a corresponding English expression for the absolute forms.