Daniel 4:16

The man portrayed as a tree cut down would be out of his mind (lebab, lit. heart, including feelings, emotions, and affections) for "seven periods of time" (cf. Daniel 4:23; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:32; Daniel 7:25). The word "periods of time" (’iddanin) is indefinite; it does not indicate how long these periods of time are. It means years in Daniel 7:25, and that may be the meaning here too. [Note: Pentecost, p. 1342.] Seven days or seven weeks would have been too short a time for his hair to grow the length of feathers (Daniel 4:33), though that might be possible in seven months.