rat.toq denotes the chain commanded in a scene of violence and bloody justice.

The attested use denotes a chain that is commanded to be made amid a land marked by bloody justice and a city full of violence.

1. A chain ordered to be made · dominant

   In Ezekiel 7:23, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the command to make it; the APB renders the clause, “Make the chain,” before describing bloody justice in the land and violence in the city.

   Ezekiel 7:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 7:23, the APB presents the command as “Make the chain.” This rendering is treated as confirmation of the clause rather than a precise lexical equivalence.