This Aramaic noun appears in Daniel 7:25, in the phrase describing how long the little horn will persecute the saints: 'a time, times, and half a time.' The 'half' is crucial to the formula—it indicates an incomplete period, a time cut short. This broken or limited duration suggests that while persecution seems to last forever to those suffering it, God has set definite boundaries. The evil reign won't run its full course; it will be truncated. The half-time brings the sequence to an incomplete, broken end, emphasizing divine sovereignty over human oppression.