H5732. iddan
עִדָּן noun masculine[Dan 2:9] time (ᵑ7 id., Syriac , perhaps loan-word from Assyrian adannu, fixed, appointed, or definite, time; [Arabic probably Aramaic loan-word, SchwZMG liii (1899), 197]); — absolute ׳ע [7:12] +; emphatic עִדָּנָא [2:8] +; plural absolute עִדָּנִין [4:13] +, emphatic עִדָּנַיָּא [2:21]; —
1 in General, time, as duration [Dan 2:8]; [7:12]; involving specific conditions [2:9], [21]; (point of) time [3:5], [15].
2 definite time, = year (as modern Greek χρόνος, see EASophocles1173): ע ׳שִׁבְעָה = seven years, [Dan 4:13]; [4:20]; [4:22]; [4:29]; עִדָּן וּפְלַג וְעִדָּנִין עִדָּן [7:25] (i.e. 3 2-Janyears, see Dr; perhaps read dual for plural, compare Bev GunkSchöpf. 201).