▪ Cheung2017rev: may have been borrowed directly from Pers, or via Aram, cf. mPers or Parth dēn, but also Syr dʔyn, dyn ‘religion’. For details, see below, section DISC. ▪ …
▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Cf. Engl Daniel, from Hbr dānīʔēl, dānīyēʔl ‘my judge (is) God’ (alternatively, ‘God has judged’), from dān ‘judge’, PA of dān ‘to judge’; Midian, from Hbr midyān ‘place of judgment’ (sense uncertain), from dān (see above).