כסלו

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From Akkadian 𒌗 𒃶 (^itikislimu).

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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, section 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

→ English: Kislev
→ Yiddish: כּסלו (kislev)
→ Ancient Greek: Χασελευ (Khaseleu)
→ German: Kislew
→ Polish: Kislew

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