Thus, when Elijah announced the end of the drought “in the third year ” from his previous announcement, the drought had already lasted nearly three and a half years.
پس هنگامی که ایلیّا « در سال سوّم » خبر اتمام خشکسالی را رساند ،‏ سه سال و نیم از مدت آن می‌گذشت .‏