And it was according to the seasons of the day, and according to the seasons of the year.
In a sentence: Later, a long time later. Later, the passage of time or the passing of the year.
("And it came to pass in due time that Hannah conceived, and bare a son, and called his name Samuel, because I have asked him of the Lord" - Samuel 1:20, and so: "And the man understood not the things of his wife, nor her maids.../ And it came to pass in due time, when the heart of all was troubled" - Yitzhak ibn Sahula (13th century)/ They said, because he was in Ashdod, and so: "A day will come again "From the number of months, or the seasons of the year, and we will sit quietly and joyfully in nothing that is frightening and we will not speak a word" - Abraham Mapu/ Ait Tsavoua, 91)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
וַיְהִי לִתְקוּפוֹת הַיָּמִים, וַיְהִי לִתְקוּפוֹת הַשָּׁנָה
Definition (Hebrew)
בִּמְלִיצָה: לְאַחַר זְמַן מְמֻשָּׁךְ. לְאַחַר חֲלוֹף הַזְּמַן אוֹ עוֹנוֹת הַשָּׁנָה.
("וַיְהִי לִתְקֻפוֹת הַיָּמִים וַתַּהַר חַנָּה וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת שְׁמוֹ שְׁמוּאֵל כִּי מֵ ה' שְׁאִלְתִּיו"- שְׁמוּאֵל א א כ, וְכֵן:"וְלֹא הֵבִין הָאִישׁ עִנְיְנֵי אִשְׁתּוֹ וּמְעַבְּדֶיהָ.../ וַיְהִי לִתְקוּפוֹת הַשָּׁנָה/ בְּהִתְעוֹרֵר לֵב כֹּל"- יִצְחָק אִבְּן סהולה (הַמֵּאָה הי"ג)/ אָמְרוּ כִּי הָיָה בְּאַשְׁדּוֹד, וְכֵן:"יָבוֹא יוֹם בְּעוֹד מִסְפַּר יְרֵחִים, אוֹ לִתְקוּפוֹת הַשָּׁנָה, וַאֲנַחְנוּ נֵשֵׁב שְׁקֵטִים וְעַלִּיזִים בְּאֵין מַחֲרִיד וּמְכַלִּים דָּבָר"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 91)