The Aramaic demonstrative דְּנָה (denah, 'this') functions as the primary near-demonstrative pronoun in the biblical Aramaic portions of Ezra and Daniel. Cognate with Hebrew זֶה and related to Syriac hānā and Nabataean dnḥ, it modifies nouns attributively ('this secret,' Dan 2:18; 'this house,' Ezra 5:3) or stands predicatively. With the preposition כְּ it yields 'like this, thus' (Dan 2:10). Though modest in semantic range — simply pointing to a referent — it appears at structurally pivotal moments: royal decrees, prophetic revelations, and administrative correspondence that shaped Israel's post-exilic restoration.