rav.re.van denotes nobles associated with a king and his courtly gatherings in Daniel.

The term consistently identifies nobles connected with the king: they attend Belshazzar’s feast, drink with him, react to the court crisis, and are named alongside him in the rebuke. One singular construct occurrence in Daniel 4:33 is less clear in the translation, but it does not establish a separate usage.

1. Nobles of the royal court · dominant

   The plural construct forms identify a group belonging to or accompanying the king. In Daniel 5:1 the APB renders a feast for Belshazzar’s “thousand nobles”; in Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:3, and Daniel 5:23 they drink with the king, his consorts, and concubines. In Daniel 5:9 they are thrown into confusion, while Daniel 5:10 names their words with those of the king.

   Daniel 5:1Daniel 5:2Daniel 5:3Daniel 5:9Daniel 5:10Daniel 5:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearly contextualized plural occurrences, the APB presents the group as “nobles,” including “his nobles” and “your nobles.” In Daniel 4:33, the singular occurrence is not readily isolated in the translation, which does not make its specific contribution clear.