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• Sivan — (Hebrew: סִיוָן, Standard Sivan Tiberian Unicode|Sîwān ; from Akkadian unicode|simānu , meaning Season; time ) is the ninth month of the civil year and the third month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a spring month of 30… …   Wikipedia

• SIVAN — (Heb. סִיוָן), the post Exilic name of the third month of the Jewish year. Occurring in the Bible and in the Apocrypha (Esth. 8:9; I Bar. 1:8) and frequently in rabbinic literature (as in Megillat Ta anit), the name is held to be etymologically… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Sivan — Si van, n. [Heb. s[=i]v[=a]n.] The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sivan — [sē vän′, siv′ən] n. [Heb siwan, akin to Akkadian simānu, name of 3d Babylonian month] the ninth month of the Jewish year: see the Jewish calendar in the Reference Supplement …   English World dictionary

• Month — For the Egyptian hawk god, see Monthu. A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept… …   Wikipedia

• Sivan — noun Etymology: Hebrew Sīwān Date: 1535 the ninth month of the civil year or the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar see month table …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Sivan — noun the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June) • Syn: ↑Siwan • Hypernyms: ↑Jewish calendar month • Part Holonyms: ↑Jewish calendar, ↑Hebrew calendar …   Useful english dictionary

• Sivan — /siv euhn/; Heb. /see vahn /, n. the ninth month of the Jewish calendar. Cf. Jewish calendar. [ < Heb siwan] * * * …   Universalium

• Sivan — noun The ninth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar, after Iyar and before Tammuz …   Wiktionary

• Sivan —    A Persian word (Assyr, sivanu, bricks ), used after the Captivity as the name of the third month of the Jewish year, extending from the new moon in June to the new moon in July (Esther 8:9) …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Sivan — n. name of the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar; Hebrew name …   English contemporary dictionary