וְעִדָּנִ֖ין

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְעִדָּנִ֖ין

   ve-i-da-NIN

   and times
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַד־עִדָּ֥ן וְעִדָּנִ֖ין

   ad-i-DAN ve-i-da-NIN

   until a time and times
3. clause🔊 וְיִסְבַּ֗ר לְהַשְׁנָיָה֙ זִמְנִ֣ין וְדָ֔ת וְיִתְיַהֲב֣וּן בִּידֵ֔הּ עַד־עִדָּ֥ן וְעִדָּנִ֖ין וּפְלַ֥ג עִדָּֽן׃

   ve-yis-BAR le-hash-na-YA zim-ne-NIN ve-DAT ve-yit-ya-ha-VUN bi-DEH ad-i-DAN ve-i-da-NIN u-fe-LAG i-DAN

   and he will think to change times or appointed times and law and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time
4. sentence🔊 וּמִלִּ֗ין לְצַ֤ד עליא עִלָּאָה֙ יְמַלִּ֔ל וּלְקַדִּישֵׁ֥י עֶלְיוֹנִּ֖ין יְבַלֵּ֑א וְיִסְבַּ֗ר לְהַשְׁנָיָה֙ זִמְנִ֣ין וְדָ֔ת וְיִתְיַהֲב֣וּן בִּידֵ֔הּ עַד־עִדָּ֥ן וְעִדָּנִ֖ין וּפְלַ֥ג עִדָּֽן׃

   u-mil-LIN le-TSAD e-li-A i-la-A ye-mal-LIL u-le-ka-di-SHE e-lyo-NIN ye-val-LE ve-yis-BAR le-hash-na-YA zim-ne-NIN ve-DAT ve-yit-ya-ha-VUN bi-DEH ad-i-DAN ve-i-da-NIN u-fe-LAG i-DAN

   and words against the Most High the Most High he will speak and the holy ones of the Most High he will wear out and he will think to change times or appointed times and law and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time

Exegesis

The idiomatic formula ʿad-ʿid-dān wə-ʿid-dā-nîn û-pə-laḡ ʿid-dān {עַד־עִדָּן וְעִדָּנִין וּפְלַג עִדָּן | ʿad-ʿid-dān wə-ʿid-dā-nîn û-pə-laḡ ʿid-dān} ‘until a time, times, and half a time’ uses merismus and numeric symbolism to mark a fixed three-and-a-half period.