הֵחֵלָּה הַסְּפִירָה לְאָחוֹר

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The backward counting began

הגדרה (אנגלית)

In the question: The event is about to unfold over a fixed period of time that is not long. The matter is so great that it cannot be stopped (counting backwards is counting the numbers from the largest to the smallest, as is customary in the Shigurim for the HaLal).

(Modern Hebrew)