shiv.ah designates a cardinal quantity, explicitly counting furnace heating and royal advisers in the supplied verses.

The attested use is a cardinal numerical designation: it explicitly qualifies the furnace's heating in Daniel 3:19 and the king's advisers in Ezra 7:14. The same cardinal form also occurs in Daniel 4:13, Daniel 4:20, Daniel 4:22, and Daniel 4:29, though the supplied APB renderings do not make its specific contribution visible there.

1. Cardinal quantity in counted expressions · dominant

   In Daniel 3:19, the absolute cardinal form occurs in the command concerning how much more the furnace should be heated; the APB renders the clause "the furnace be heated seven times more." In Ezra 7:14, the construct form occurs with the king's advisers; the APB renders "the king and his seven advisers." The cardinal forms in Daniel 4:13, Daniel 4:20, Daniel 4:22, and Daniel 4:29 occur in verses whose supplied APB renderings do not visibly reflect the term.

   Daniel 3:19Daniel 4:13Daniel 4:20Daniel 4:22Daniel 4:29Ezra 7:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents the quantity as "seven times more" in Daniel 3:19 and "seven advisers" in Ezra 7:14. In the supplied APB texts for Daniel 4:13, Daniel 4:20, Daniel 4:22, and Daniel 4:29, no corresponding English quantity is visible.