1. time, appointed time — An Aramaic noun (זְמַן) meaning 'time, appointed time, season,' a loanword from Old Persian (zrvan 'time, age'). Used exclusively in the Aramaic portions of Daniel and Ezra: of a specific appointed time or occasion (Dan 3:7-8 'at the time when all the peoples heard the sound'; 4:36 'at the time my reason returned'; Ezra 5:3 'at that time'); of a duration or period granted (Dan 2:16 'Daniel asked the king to give him time'); of times and seasons as the domain of divine sovereignty (Dan 2:21 'He changes times and seasons'); of appointed times in apocalyptic prophecy (Dan 7:12 'a period of time was appointed'; 7:22 'the time came'; 7:25 'times and the law'). The singular (זְמַן, זִמְנָא), plural (זִמְנִין), and emphatic (זִמְנַיָּא) forms, including conjunctive variants, all express the single concept of a defined temporal period or occasion. 11×
AR["الوَقْت","الْأَوْقَاتَ","الْوَقْتِ","زَمَانٍ","وَ-الزَّمَانُ","وَ-الـ-أَزْمِنَةِ","وَ-مَرَّاتٍ","وَقْتًا"]·ben["এবং-ঋতু","এবং-সময়","এবং-সময়ে","সময়","সময়ে","সময়েই"]·DE["Zeit","[זמנא]","und-Zeit"]·EN["and-seasons","and-the-time","and-times","time","times"]·FR["[זמנא]","et-prostitution","prostitution"]·heb["ו-ה-זמן","ו-זמנים","ו-פעמים","זמן","זמנא","זמנים"]·HI["और-ऋतुओं","और-समय","और-समयों","समय","समयों"]·ID["dan-masa-masa","dan-waktu-waktu","dan-waktunya","itu","waktu","waktu-itu","waktu-waktu"]·IT["[זמנא]","e-tempo","tempo"]·jav["lan-mangsa","lan-wekdal","rawuh","wekdal","wekdal-wekdal"]·KO["그리고-때-가","그리고-때-에","그리고-때가","그리고-시기들을","때","때-에","때가","때들을","때에","시간을"]·PT["e-estações","e-o-tempo","e-vezes","hora","tempo","tempos"]·RU["-время","времена","время","и-время","и-разы","и-сроки","срока"]·ES["tiempo","tiempos","y-el-tiempo","y-las-épocas","y-tres-veces"]·SW["na-majira","na-mara","na-wakati","nyakati","ule","wakati","wakati-ule"]·TR["ve-mevsimleri","ve-zaman","ve-zamanlar","zaman","zamanda","zamanları"]·urd["اور-تین-بار","اور-موسموں","اور-وقت","وقت","وقت-میں","وقتوں"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זְמַן n.m. Dn 3:7 time (prob. loan-word from OPers. zrvan, zarvâna, time, age, NöM 152Scheft45; cf. BH (late); and (on change of v [b] to m) FräZA iii. 52; Nab. זמן, Palm. (Nab.) זבן Lzb 266. 268 SAC 48. 49);—abs. ז׳ Dn 2:16; 7:12; emph. זִמְנָא Ezr 5:3 +; pl. abs. Dn 6:11 +, emph. זִמְנַיָּא Dn 2:21;—time: specified time Dn 2:16; appointed time 7:12, 22, cf. 2:21; בֵּהּ זִמְנָא at that time Ezr 5:3; Dn 3:7, 8; 4:33; (festival) seasons 7:25; time, occurrence, 6:11, 14 three times in the day.