A Long Time
A prolonged period, a long time.
("And I was with them a long time, until the Lord, blessed be He, performed a miracle with me, and a great army came against them from another place, and they took them captive, and plundered and killed them, and in the midst of the captivity they took me captive with them" - The Compendium of the Midrash (Eisenstein) Eldad the Danite, 22)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
זְמַן רַב
Definition (Hebrew)
תְּקוּפָה מְמֻושֶּׁכֶת,הַרְבֵּה זְמַן.
("וְהָיִיתִי עִמָּהֶם זְמַן רַב, עַד שֶׁהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ עָשָׂה עִמִּי נֵס וּבָאוּ עֲלֵיהֶם חֵיל גָּדוֹל מִמָּקוֹם אַחֵר, וְשָׁבוּ אוֹתָם וּבִזְזוּם וַהֲרָגוּם, וּבְתוֹךְ הַשִּׁבְיָה שָׁבוּ אוֹתִי עִמָּהֶם"- אוֹצֵר הַמִּדְרָשִׁים (אַיְזֶנְשְׁטֵיְן) אֶלְדָּד הַדָּנִי, 22)