Elul
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English
Etymology
From Hebrew אֱלוּל (elúl), from Akkadian 𒌗𒆥 (itieluli, “month of harvest”).
Proper noun
Elul
- (Judaism) The twelfth month of the civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Av and before Tishrei.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 142:
- “Twenty-three years ago,” the rebbe says without hesitation. “On the twentieth of Elul. No one in this house has spoken to or seen him since then.”
Translations
twelfth month in civil year in the Jewish calendar
See also
- (Hebrew calendar months) Hebrew calendar month; Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul (Category: en:Hebrew calendar months)