# | Hebrew | Tiberian | Academy | Common/ Other |
Length | Babylonian analog | Holidays/ Notable days |
Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
- ^ Hebrew-English Bible, Exodus 13:4, 23:15, 34:18, Deut. 16:1
- ^ Hebrew-English Bible, Esther 3:7
- ^ Hebrew-English Bible, 1 Kings 6:1, 6:37
- ^ Hebrew-English Bible, 1 Kings 8:2
- ^ Hebrew-English Bible, 1 Kings 6:38