סיוון
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Akkadian 𒌗𒋞𒂵 (itisimānu).
Proper noun
[edit]- (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
[edit]- (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי, חשוון, כסלו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיוון, תמוז, אב, אלול (Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]סיוון on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]סיוון • (sivn) m
- (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)