עִדָּנִ֖ין

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עִדָּנִ֖ין

   i-da-NIN

   periods of time
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַ֣ד דִּֽי־שִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין

   AD di-shiv-A i-da-NIN

   until seven periods of time
3. clause🔊 וּבְטַל֤ שְׁמַיָּא֙ יִצְטַבַּ֣ע וְעִם־חֵיוַ֣ת בָּרָ֔א חֲלָקֵ֖הּ עַ֣ד דִּֽי־שִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃

   u-ve-TAL she-ma-YA yits-ta-BA ve-im-khe-YVAT ba-RA kha-la-KEH AD di-shiv-A i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-lo-HI

   and with the dew of the heavens be wet and with the beasts of the field his portion until seven periods of time will pass over him
4. sentence🔊 וְדִ֣י חֲזָ֣ה מַלְכָ֡א עִ֣יר וְקַדִּ֣ישׁ נָחִ֣ת מִן־שְׁמַיָּ֡א וְאָמַ֨ר גֹּ֧דּוּ אִילָנָ֛א וְחַבְּלֻ֥והִי בְּרַ֣ם עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ בְּאַרְעָ֣א שְׁבֻ֔קוּ וּבֶאֱסוּר֙ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֣ל וּנְחָ֔שׁ בְּדִתְאָ֖א דִּ֣י בָרָ֑א וּבְטַל֤ שְׁמַיָּא֙ יִצְטַבַּ֣ע וְעִם־חֵיוַ֣ת בָּרָ֔א חֲלָקֵ֖הּ עַ֣ד דִּֽי־שִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃

   ve-DI kha-ZA mal-KA IR ve-kad-DISH nah-KHIT min-she-ma-YA ve-a-MAR GOD-du i-la-NA ve-khab-bu-LU-hi be-RAM i-KAR shar-sho-HI be-ar-A she-vu-KU u-ve-e-SUR di-far-ZEL u-ne-KHASH be-dit-A DI ba-RA u-ve-TAL she-ma-YA yits-ta-BA ve-im-khe-YVAT ba-RA kha-la-KEH AD di-shiv-A i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-lo-HI

   because saw the king watcher holy one descending from the heavens said chop down the tree and destroy it but the stump of its roots in the earth leave with a binding of iron and bronze in the tender grass of the field and with the dew of the heavens be wet and with the beasts of the field his portion until seven periods of time will pass over him

Exegesis

The temporal limit of this condition is expressed by the complex prepositional phrase ʿad dî-šiḇʿā ʿiddānîn yaḥləpûn ʿălōhî {עַד דִּי־שִׁבְעָה עִדָּנִין יַחְלְפוּן עֲלֹוהִי | ʿad dî-šiḇ-ʿā ʿid-dā-nîn yaḥ-lə-pûn ʿă-lō-hî} ‘until seven times will pass over him,’ where ʿad dî introduces a temporal clause, šiḇʿā ʿiddānîn serves as the quantified subject, and the imperfect yaḥləpûn conveys the progression of divinely allotted periods that must elapse before the king’s experience changes.