id.dan denotes a time or span marking when events occur, change, or continue.

The attested usage marks a temporal occasion or span: a time may be sought or awaited, changed, associated with an act, or stated as a continuing period. Plural forms occur where the verse concerns changing times or a sequence described as “a time, times, and half a time.”

1. Temporal occasion or stated span · dominant

   In Daniel 2:8 the king charges the speakers with seeking delay, while Daniel 2:9 sets their speech before him until a time changes. In Daniel 3:5 and Daniel 3:15, the term marks the occasion on hearing the instruments when worship is commanded; Daniel 7:12 and Daniel 7:25 place limits or duration around what follows.

   Daniel 2:8Daniel 2:9Daniel 3:5Daniel 3:15Daniel 7:12Daniel 7:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents temporal expressions with wording such as “buying time,” “until the time changes,” “At the time when,” and “a time, times, and half a time.” These phrases show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.