Sivan

Si·van  (svn)

n.

The ninth month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See Table at calendar.

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[Hebrew sîwn, from Akkadian simnu, a month name, from simnu, season, time; see wsm in Semitic roots.]

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Sivan [siːˈvɑːn]

n

(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) (in the Jewish calendar) the third month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the ninth month of the civil year, usually falling within May and June

[from Hebrew]

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Sivan - the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June) Siwan Hebrew calendar, Jewish calendar - (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years Jewish calendar month - a month in the Jewish calendar