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te.ren marks a numerical quantity in cardinal use and identifies the second year in Ezra.
The attested uses are chiefly cardinal: the supplied forms occur in clauses concerning the tree’s roots, Darius’s appointment over the kingdom, and the dedication offerings; Ezra 6:17 explicitly presents “two hundred rams.” A separate ordinal use identifies the “second year” in Ezra 4:24.
Senses in use
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Cardinal numerical use · dominant
The cardinal forms occur in Daniel 4:26 within the statement about leaving the stump and roots of the tree, and in Daniel 6:1 within Darius’s appointment over the kingdom; the APB does not make this term’s particular numerical contribution identifiable in either clause. In Ezra 6:17, the construct cardinal form occurs among the dedication offerings, where the APB renders “two hundred rams.”
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Ordinal year designation · rare
In Ezra 4:24, the absolute plural form is tagged Ordinal in the clause dating the cessation of the house of God’s work; the APB renders the time reference “until the second year.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly renders the numerical expression as “two hundred” in Ezra 6:17 and the ordinal time reference as “second year” in Ezra 4:24. Its whole-verse translations in Daniel 4:26 and Daniel 6:1 do not clearly isolate this lemma’s contribution.