BDB9753
עִדָּן noun masculine Dan 2:9 time ( ᵑ7 id., Syriac [untranscribed source text 6109], perhaps loan-word from Assyrian adannu , fixed, appointed, or definite, time ; [Arabic [untranscribed source text 6110] probably Aramaic loan-word, SchwZMG liii (1899), 197 ]); — absolute ׳ ע Dan 7:12 +; emphatic עִדָּנָא Dan 2:8 +; plural absolute עִדָּנִין Dan 4:13 +, emphatic עִדָּנַיָּא Dan 2:21 —
1. in general, time, as duration Dan 2:8; Dan 7:12 involving specific conditions Dan 2:9; Dan 2:21 (point of)
time
Dan 3:5; Dan 3:15.
2. definite time, = year (as modern Greek χρόνος, see
EASophocles1173): ׳
שִׁבְעָה ע = seven years, Dan 4:13; Dan 4:20; Dan 4:22; Dan 4:29
עִדָּן וְעִדָּנִין וּפְלַג עִדָּן
Dan 7:25 (i.e. 3
1/2 years, see Dr; perhaps read dual for plural, compare Bev
GunkSchöpf. 201).