The Gemara says:
Now to-day is the Day of Atonement
--Yoma 19b, Soncino translation
The word spelled: heh alef yud nun alef is customarily pronounced Ha’idna and is translated as now. However, on closer examination the word is really a contraction of two words: Hai and dena, meaning today.
Proof for this is in the traditional way the Yemenites count sefira in Aramaic. Instead of saying Hayom yom… they say, Hai dena yom….
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