shen denotes the teeth of Daniel’s visionary beasts, shown in their mouths and as instruments of devouring and crushing.

The attested use denotes the teeth of visionary beasts: teeth in a beast’s mouth in Daniel 7:5 and iron teeth associated with eating, crushing, and trampling in Daniel 7:7 and Daniel 7:19.

1. Teeth of visionary beasts · dominant

   The noun occurs for the teeth of the beasts in Daniel 7:5, where the APB renders ribs as being “between its teeth.” In Daniel 7:7 and Daniel 7:19, dual forms occur in clauses describing great or iron teeth alongside eating, crushing, and trampling.

   Daniel 7:19Daniel 7:5Daniel 7:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as “teeth,” including “teeth of iron” in Daniel 7:7 and Daniel 7:19. The verse is read as a whole, but each clause clearly places the term in the beasts’ mouths or destructive action.