סיוון

Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌗𒋞𒂵 (^itisimānu).

Proper noun

סיוון / סִיוָן • (siván) m

1. (Judaism) Sivan (the ninth month of the civil year and the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Iyar and before Tammuz)
   • Tanach, Esther 8:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיִּקָּרְאוּ סֹפְרֵי־הַמֶּלֶךְ בָּעֵת־הַהִיא בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי הוּא־חֹדֶשׁ סִיוָן...

     Va-yiqqar’ú sofré ha-mélekh ba-ét ha-hi ba-ḥódesh ha-shlishí hu ḥódesh Siván...

     Then were the king’s scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan...

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Sotah 12b:

     רַבִּי אַחָא בַּר חֲנִינָא אָמַר: אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם שִׁשָּׁה בְּסִיוָן הָיָה

     Rabbí Aḥa bar Ḥanína amár: otó ha-yóm shishá b-Siván hayá.

     Rabbi Aha bar Hanina said: that day was the sixth of Sivan.

See also

• (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי, חשוון, כסלו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיוון, תמוז, אב, אלול ^{(Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)}

References

• H5510 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• סיוון on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew סִיוָן.

Noun

סיוון • (sivn) m

1. (Judaism) Sivan (the ninth month of the civil year and the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Iyar and before Tammuz)

See also

• (Hebrew calendar months) תּשרי (tishre), חשוון (kheshvn), כּסלו (kislev), טבֿת (teyves), שבֿט (shvat), אָדר (oder), ניסן (nisn), אייר (iyer), סיוון (sivn), תּמוז (tamez), אָבֿ (ov), אלול (elel) ^{(Category: yi:Hebrew calendar months)}