it is long since/ it is many a day since
This is a long time.
("You have not forsaken your brothers these many days until this day, and you have kept the commandment of the Lord your God" - Joshua 22:3 (Joshua to the tribe of Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh), and so: "Marinka remained alone, shut up and fenced in. These are the days when no one rests in the wilderness" - Bialik/A lion behind the wall, 5, And so: "I was also amazed at this, because for many days I had not seen old age" - Shai Agnon/ In the Blood of Her Days)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים
Definition (Hebrew)
מִזֶּה זְמַן רַב.
("לֹא עֲזַבְתֶּם אֶת אֲחֵיכֶם זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת מִשְׁמֶרֶת מִצְוַת ה' אֱלֹהֵיכֶם"- יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כב ג (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לְשֵׁבֶט רְאוּבֵן, גָּד וַחֲצִי הַמְּנַשֶּׁה), וְכֵן:"מָרִינְקָה נִשְׁאֲרָה שׁוּב יְחִידִית,סְגוּרָה וּמְסֻגֶּרֶת. זֶה יָמִים שֶׁאֵין נָח בָּא אֶל הַקַּרְפֵּף"- בְּיָאלִיק/אַרְיֵה מֵאֲחוֹרֵי הַגָּדֵר, ה, וְכֵן:"גַּם עַל זֹאת הִשְׁתּוֹמַמְתִּי כִּי יָמִים רַבִּים לֹא רָאִיתִי אֶת הַזְּקֵנָה"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ בִּדְמֵי יָמֶיהָ)