Questions & Answers about זה לא רק עניין של זמן; יש כאן גם מצב קצת רגיש.
Here זה works a lot like English it in It’s not just a matter of time.
It does not necessarily point to a specific physical thing, like this. In many sentences, Hebrew uses זה as a general subject when English would use it.
So:
זה לא רק עניין של זמן
= It’s not just a matter of time
This is very common in spoken and written Hebrew.
עניין means matter, issue, or thing depending on context.
The phrase עניין של זמן is a very common expression meaning:
- a matter of time
- something that will happen sooner or later
- something dependent mainly on time
So זה לא רק עניין של זמן means that time is not the only factor involved.