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עִדָּן

«עִדָּן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: time — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 13 times · Key: lemma:עִדָּן · BDB: עִדָּן

Glosses

times (5); the (4); a.time (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

time tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. time tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Dn 2:9 time (𝔗 id., Syriac ܥܶܕܳܢܳܐ, perhaps loan-wd. from Assyrian (ḫ)adon(n)u, edanu, appointed, or definite, time; [Arabic عدّان prob. Aramaic loan-wd., SchwallyZMG liii (1889), 197]);—abs. ע׳ Dn 7:12 +; emph. עִדָּנָא 2:8 +; pl. abs. עִדָּנִין 4:13 +, emph. עִדָּנַיָּא 2:21;— in gen., time, as duration Dn 2:8; 7:12; involving specif. conditions 2:9, 21; (point of) time 3:5, 15. definite time, = year (as mod. Gk. χρόνος, v. EASophocles1173): שִׁבְעָה ע׳ = seven years, 4:13, 20, 22, 29; עִדָּן וְעִדָּנִין וּפְלַג עִדָּן 7:25 (i.e. 3 ½ years, v. Dr; perhaps read du. for pl., cf. Bev GunkSchöpf. 201).

Jastrow 1903

עִידָּן ²: until now the time appointed for the study of the Law, lesson tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(עוּד) same. Targ. Koh. III, 1, sq. (ed. Vien. עִידָ׳). Targ. Ps. LXXI, 9 (ed. Wil. עִדָ׳); a. fr.—עד העידנא until now (v. אִידְּנָא). Ib. 17.—Targ. O. Gen. XXIV, 55 עידן בעידן (h. text ימים).—Meg. 16ᵇ (prov.) תעלא בעִידְּנֵיה וכ׳ when the fox has his time, bow to him. Ber. 15ᵃ בעִידַּן צלותא when it is time for prayer; a. fr.—Esp. the time appointed for the study of the Law, lesson. Ib. 43ᵇ דלא קביע ליה ע׳ when he has no fixed time for study; אבל קביע ליה ע׳ … דלעידניה קא אזיל but if his time is fixed (by his teacher), he will be known to go to his appointment (and not be suspected of going wrong). Gitt. 60ᵇ לותבן מר בע׳ let me sit (to study with you) at the hour of your studies; אית לי ע׳ לדידי that hour is mine (for my own studies). Ḥull. 133ᵃ אנסיה ליה עידניח his teaching engagements prevented him (from officiating as priest); a. fr.—Pl. עִידָּנִין, עִידָּנַיָּא, עִדָּ׳. Targ. Esth. I, 14. Targ. Job XXIV, 1. Targ. I Chr. XII, 32. Targ. Ps. XLVI, 6 עֵידּוֹנֵי ed. Lag. (oth. ed. עִידָּנֵי); a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «עִדָּן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 4:13

לִבְבֵהּ֙ מִן־אֲנָשָׁ֣א יְשַׁנּ֔וֹן וּלְבַ֥ב חֵיוָ֖ה יִתְיְהִ֣ב לֵ֑הּ וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃

Word for word: heart its away.from (the) humankind let.it.be.changed and.[the] heart of.an.animal let.it.be.given to it and seven times let.them.pass over it

JPS 1917: Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

Daniel 7:12

וּשְׁאָר֙ חֵֽיוָתָ֔א הֶעְדִּ֖יו שָׁלְטָנְה֑וֹן וְאַרְכָ֧ה בְחַיִּ֛ין יְהִ֥יבַת לְה֖וֹן עַד־זְמַ֥ן וְעִדָּֽן׃

Word for word: and the.rest of the.beasts they.removed dominion their and a.prolonging in life(s) it.was.given to them until a.time and a.time

JPS 1917: And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

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