כסלו
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See also: כּסלו
Hebrew
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒌗𒃶 (itikislimu).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
כִּסְלֵו • (kislév) m
- (Judaism) Kislev (the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Cheshvan and before Tevet)
- Tanach, Ezra 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- דִּבְרֵי נְחֶמְיָה בֶּן־חֲכַלְיָה וַיְהִי בְחֹדֶשׁ־כִּסְלֵו שְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וַאֲנִי הָיִיתִי בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה׃
- Divréi Nḥemyá ben-Ḥăkhalyá - vayhí v-ḥódesh Kislév shnat 'esrím va-aní hayíti b-Shushán ha-birá.
- The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the castle,
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Ta'anit 1:5:
- הִגִּיעַ רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ כִּסְלֵו וְלֹא יָרְדוּ גְשָׁמִים, בֵּית דִּין גּוֹזְרִין שָׁלשׁ תַּעֲנִיוֹת עַל הַצִּבּוּר.
- Higía' Rosh Ḥódesh Kislév v-lo yardú g'shamím, beit din gozrín shalósh ta'aniyót 'al ha-tsibbúr.
- If the new moon of Kislev has arrived and no rain has fallen, the court ordains three fasts upon the community.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 3b:
- דְּבָרִים שֶׁאָמַר חֲנָנִי לִנְחֶמְיָה בְּכִסְלֵיו, אֲמָרָן נְחֶמְיָה לַמֶּלֶךְ בְּנִיסָן.
- D'varím she-amár Ḥananí li-Nḥemyá b-Khislev, amarán Nḥemyá la-mélekh b-Nisan.
- The words that Hanani said to Nehemiah in Kislev, Nehemiah said to the king in Nisan.
Descendants
See also
- (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי, חשוון, כסלו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיוון, תמוז, אב, אלול (Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)
Further reading
כסלו on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
