sha.ah marks a specified time, especially an immediate moment, and in one setting a counted span.

The occurrences use the term for a specified time: most visibly the immediate point at which an action or event follows, while Daniel 4:16 places it in the statement that seven times pass over the subject.

1. Specified time or immediate occurrence · dominant

   The determined feminine singular forms occur in Daniel 3:6 and Daniel 3:15 where refusal to worship is followed by being cast into the furnace, and in Daniel 5:5 where the hand appears and writes. In Daniel 4:16, the absolute feminine singular form occurs in the clause that seven times pass over the subject; Daniel 4:30 also has the determined form, though the APB's rendering of the king's speech does not make its temporal contribution evident.

   Daniel 3:6Daniel 3:15Daniel 4:16Daniel 4:30Daniel 5:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the temporal setting with “at that moment” in Daniel 3:6, Daniel 3:15, and Daniel 5:5, and with “seven times” in Daniel 4:16. Its rendering of Daniel 4:30 does not visibly reflect a temporal expression.