Lexical Definition

‎זְמָן‎ zᵉmân (zem-awn') time ^H:N-M
from ‎זָמַן‎

season, time.

• an appointed occasion

1) a set time, appointed time, time

See Greek: καιρός

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ze.man (‎ז‎ְ‎מ‎ַ‎ן‎ "time" זְמָן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זְמָ֑ן‎ noun masculine (late) appointed time, time (Arabic , Ethiopic Biblical Aramaic, ᵑ7 ‎זְמַן‎, but Syriac , Mandean ‎זיבנא‎, Samaritan , Palmyrene ‎זבנא‎, compare Reckend^{ZMG 1888, 394} **Mandean ‎זנאן‎, see Nö^{M 152}; on Old Persian origin see Biblical Aramaic) — singular ‎זְמָ֑ן‎ Neh 2:6; Eccl 3:1 suffix ‎וְכִזְמַנָּ֑ם‎ Esth 9:27, ‎בִּזְמַנֵּיהֶם‎ vEsth 9:31, (on Dagh. compare Ges^{«GKC:20»§ 20}. 2, c).

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