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Hebrew names of the months with their Babylonian analogs
# Hebrew Tiberian Academy Common/
Other
Length Babylonian analog Holidays/
Notable days
Notes
1 נִיסָן Nīsān Nisan Nissan 30 days Nisanu Passover Called Abib[1] and Nisan[2] in the Tanakh.
2 אִיָּר / אִייָר ʼIyyār Iyyar Iyar 29 days Ayaru Pesach Sheni
Lag B'Omer
Called Ziv[3]
3 סִיוָן / סיוון Sīwān Sivan Siwan 30 days Simanu Shavuot
4 תַּמּוּז Tammūz Tammuz Tamuz 29 days Dumuzu Seventeenth of Tammuz Named for the Babylonian god Dumuzi
5 אָב ʼĀḇ Av Ab 30 days Abu Tisha B'Av
Tu B'Av
6 אֱלוּל ʼĔlūl Elul 29 days Ululu
7 תִּשְׁרֵי / תִּשְׁרִי Tišrī Tishri Tishrei 30 days Tashritu Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Shemini Atzeret
Simchat Torah
Called Ethanim in Kings 8:2[4].
First month of civil year.
8 מַרְחֶשְׁוָן / מרחשוון Marḥešwān Marẖeshvan Marcheshvan
Cheshvan
Marẖeshwan
29 or
30 days
Arakhsamna Called Bul in Kings 6:38.[5]
9 כִּסְלֵו / כסליו Kislēw Kislev Kislev
Chisleu
Chislev
29 or
30 days
Kislimu Hanukkah
10 טֵבֵת Ṭēḇēṯ Tevet Tebeth 29 days Tebetu Tenth of Tevet
11 שְׁבָט Šəḇāṭ Shvat Shevat
Shebat
Sebat
30 days Shabatu Tu Bishvat
12L* אֲדָר א׳ Adar I* 30 days *Only in Leap years.
12 אֲדָר / אֲדָר ב׳* ʼĂḏār Adar / Adar II* 29 days Adaru Purim
  1. ^ Hebrew-English Bible, Exodus 13:4, 23:15, 34:18, Deut. 16:1
  2. ^ Hebrew-English Bible, Esther 3:7
  3. ^ Hebrew-English Bible, 1 Kings 6:1, 6:37
  4. ^ Hebrew-English Bible, 1 Kings 8:2
  5. ^ Hebrew-English Bible, 1 Kings 6:38