דְּנָה₅₇ demonstrative prounoun common this (Zinjirli זן, זנה; Egyptian Aramaic זנה (S-C ^{Pap. B 17} +); זנך (ib.^{C 6, D 8}); Nabataean, Palmyrene דנה (Lzb²⁶⁴ Cooke²⁶); ᵑ7 דֵּין (e.g. 1 Samuel 10:27) and (with הָ, i.e. הָא, ecce) הָדֵתן; Aramaic of Têma הא זא (Cooke^{195. 198}); Syriac (contracted for הָֽדְנָא); Mandean האזין; Sabean (Hom^{Chrest. 13}); Ethiopic all from [דֶּה,] זה, + demonstrative noun (W^{CG 108 f.}); feminine Biblical Aramaic דָּא, ᵑ7 דָּא, הָדה, Syriac , Mandean האזא, Ethiopic without the n; the plural is אִלֵּין, q. v. ); — this:

a. Daniel 2:18 רָזָא דְנָה this secret, Daniel 2:28; Daniel 2:29; Daniel 2:30 +, Ezra 4:11; Ezra 5:3,4,9 +; כָּלדְּֿנָה Daniel 5:22.

b. אַחֲרֵי דְנָה after this Daniel 2:29,45; so בָּאתַר דְּנָה Daniel 7:6,7.

c. כִּדְנָה like this, thus, Jeremiah 10:10 (= Hebrew כֹּה), Daniel 2:10 מִלְּתָא כִדְנָה a word like this (compare כָּזֹאת Esther 4:14), Esther 3:29; Ezra 5:7.

d. עַלדְּֿנָה on account of this Daniel 3:16; Ezra 4:22; Ezra 5:5,17; Ezra 6:11; as conjunction = therefore (compare Hebrew עַלזֹֿאת) Ezra 4:14,15. — See also קֳבֵלַ and קַדְמָה.