עִדָּ֥ן — Daniel 7:25 Hebrew Word Study

עִדָּ֥ן

𐤏𐤃𐤍

idan

a time

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that of עֵד; a set time; technically, a year; time.

Daniel 7:25 · Word #16

Lexicon `H5732`

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

a set-time

Root	עדן (ʿ-d-n)
Core Meanings	appointed time, fixed period, season, measured duration
Semantic Range	appointed time, fixed season, era, year (in technical usage), determinate period
Conceptual Significance	In biblical Aramaic contexts (notably Daniel), עִדָּן often marks divinely appointed periods within prophetic visions, emphasizing that historical events unfold according to fixed, sovereignly determined times.
Morphological Notes	Aramaic noun, common masculine singular absolute (ANcmsa). No definite article or suffix; refers to one specific but grammatically indefinite period of time.
Rendering Rationale	The noun עִדָּן is an Aramaic masculine singular absolute form meaning a fixed or appointed period. Rendering it as "a set-time" preserves the singular masculine sense and highlights the root idea of a specifically determined or measured period rather than time in general.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H5730-01`	adaneykha	your delights
`H5733-01`	adena	Delight
`H5734-01`	adenach	Delight (feminine personal name)
`H5734-02`	adenah	Delight (feminine singular proper name)
`H5720-01`	adin	Delicate-One
`H5721-01`	adina	Delicate-One
`H5719-01`	adinah	delicate woman
`H5722-01`	adino	his Slender-One
`H5731-01`	beeden	in Delight (Eden)
`H5732-01`	beidana	in the set-time
`H5731-02`	eden	Delight
`H5729-01`	eden	Delight
`H5730-03`	eden	Delight
`H5730-04`	edenah	delightfulness
`H5732-04`	idanaya	the appointed-times
`H5731-03`	keeden	like Eden, the Place of Delight
`H3936-01`	laedan	Laadan (“Delight”)
`H3936-02`	lelaedan	to Laadan (Delight-One)
`H4574-01`	lemaadanim	luxurious delights
`H4574-02`	maadaney	luxurious delights of
`H4574-03`	maadanim	luxurious delights
`H4575-01`	maadanot	binding-bands
`H4574-04`	maadanot	luxurious delights
`H5730-05`	meadanay	my delights
`H5731-04`	meeden	from Eden (Delight)
`H5729-02`	vaeden	and Eden (Delight)
`H5727-01`	vayiteadenu	and they delighted themselves in softness
`H116-03`	veedayin	and at-that-time
`H5731-05`	veeden	and Eden (Delight)
`H5732-06`	veidan	and a set-time
`H5732-07`	veidana	in the appointed time
`H5732-08`	veidanin	and appointed-times
`H3086-01`	yehoadan	Yahweh-delighted-one (woman)
`H3086-02`	yhvdyn	Yahweh-is-Delight (woman)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Daniel 2:8	עִדָּנָ֖/א	idana	time
Daniel 2:9	עִדָּנָ֖/א	idana	the time
Daniel 2:21	עִדָּנַיָּ/א֙	idanaya	the times
Daniel 3:5	בְּ/עִדָּנָ֡/א	beidana	at the time
Daniel 3:15	בְ/עִדָּנָ֡/א	veidana	at the time
Daniel 4:13	עִדָּנִ֖ין	idanin	times
Daniel 4:20	עִדָּנִ֖ין	idanin	times
Daniel 4:22	עִדָּנִ֖ין	idanin	times
Daniel 4:29	עִדָּנִ֖ין	idanin	times
Daniel 7:12	וְ/עִדָּֽן	veidan	and a time
Daniel 7:25	עִדָּ֥ן	idan	a time
Daniel 7:25	וְ/עִדָּנִ֖ין	veidanin	and times
Daniel 7:25	עִדָּֽן	idan-2	a time