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    HEBREW CALENDAR

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    (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 yearsplay

    Synonyms:

    Hebrew calendar; Jewish calendar

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

    Hypernyms ("Hebrew calendar" is a kind of...):

    lunisolar calendar (a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles)

    Meronyms (parts of "Hebrew calendar"):

    Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)

    Tishri (the first month of the civil year; the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in September and October))

    Heshvan (the second month of the civil year; the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in October and November))

    Chislev; Kislev (the third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December))

    Tebet; Tevet (the fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January))

    Shebat; Shevat (the fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February))

    Adar (the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March))

    Adar Sheni; Veadar (included seven times in every 19 years)

    Nisan; Nissan (the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April))

    Iyar; Iyyar (the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May))

    Sivan; Siwan (the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June))

    Tammuz; Thammuz (the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July))

    Ab; Av (the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August))

    Ellul; Elul (the twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September))

    Domain category:

    Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)

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