סיוון

Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌗𒋞𒂵 (^itisimānu).

Proper noun

סיוון / סִיוָן • (siván) m

1. (Judaism) Sivan (the ninth month of the civil year and the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Iyar and before Tammuz)
   • Tanach, Esther 8:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיִּקָּרְאוּ סֹפְרֵי־הַמֶּלֶךְ בָּעֵת־הַהִיא בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי הוּא־חֹדֶשׁ סִיוָן...

     Va-yiqqar’ú sofré ha-mélekh ba-ét ha-hi ba-ḥódesh ha-shlishí hu ḥódesh Siván...

     Then were the king’s scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan...

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Sotah 12b:

     רַבִּי אַחָא בַּר חֲנִינָא אָמַר: אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם שִׁשָּׁה בְּסִיוָן הָיָה

     Rabbí Aḥa bar Ḥanína amár: otó ha-yóm shishá b-Siván hayá.

     Rabbi Aha bar Hanina said: that day was the sixth of Sivan.

See also

Hebrew calendar monthsedit

• תִּשְׁרֵי (tishréy)
• חֶשְׁוָן / חשוון (kheshván)
• כִּסְלֵו (kislév)
• טֵבֵת (tévet)
• שְׁבָט (sh'vát)
• אֲדָר (adár)
• נִיסָן (nisán)
• אִיָּר / אייר (iyár)
• סִיוָן / סיוון (siván)
• תַּמּוּז (tamúz)
• אָב (áv)
• אֱלוּל (elúl)

References

• H5510 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• סיוון on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew סִיוָן.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪvn̩/

Noun

סיוון • (sivn) m

1. (Judaism) Sivan (the ninth month of the civil year and the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Iyar and before Tammuz)

See also

Hebrew calendar monthsedit

• תּשרי (tishre)
• חשוון (kheshvn)
• כּסלו (kislev)
• טבֿת (teyves)
• שבֿט (shvat)
• אָדר (oder)
• ניסן (nisn)
• אייר (iyer)
• סיוון (sivn)
• תּמוז (tamez)
• אָבֿ (ov)
• אלול (elel)