ru.ach denotes wind in scenes of movement and a spirit associated with insight, disposition, or distress.

The clearest recurring use describes a spirit present in a person or expressing a person's condition, especially alongside insight and wisdom or in descriptions of arrogance and distress. It also denotes winds that carry away chaff or stir the sea; several other occurrences are not individually isolated by the translation.

1. Spirit in a person or inner condition · dominant

   In Daniel 5:11, Daniel 5:12, and Daniel 5:14, the noun occurs in statements about what is found or present in Daniel, alongside light, understanding, knowledge, and wisdom; the APB renders these clauses with “the spirit of the holy gods,” “An extraordinary spirit,” and “the spirit of the gods.” In Daniel 5:20 the APB renders a spirit that “became arrogant,” while in Daniel 7:15 it renders Daniel's spirit as “distressed within me.”

   Daniel 5:11Daniel 5:12Daniel 5:14Daniel 5:20Daniel 7:15
2. Winds in scenes of movement · common

   In Daniel 2:35, the singular determined noun occurs in the clause where the APB says “the wind carried them away” after the image's materials become chaff. In Daniel 7:2, the plural construct form occurs where the APB renders “four winds of the heavens” stirring the great sea.

   Daniel 2:35Daniel 7:2
3. Contribution not isolated by the translation · common

   The supplied forms occur in Daniel 4:15, Daniel 4:5, Daniel 4:6, and Daniel 6:4, but the APB's whole-verse translations do not plainly identify an English phrase corresponding to the noun. These contexts therefore support only the supplied gloss-level identification, without a finer distinction.

   Daniel 4:15Daniel 4:5Daniel 4:6Daniel 6:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “wind” in Daniel 2:35 and “winds” in Daniel 7:2, and it uses “spirit” in the passages concerning Daniel, arrogance, and distress. In Daniel 4:15, Daniel 4:5, Daniel 4:6, and Daniel 6:4, its translation does not visibly isolate the noun's contribution.