Elul

[ el-ool; Sephardic Hebrew e-lool; Ashkenazic Hebrew e-luhl ]

noun

1. the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.

Elul

/ ɛˈluːl /

noun

1. (in the Jewish calendar) the sixth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the twelfth month of the civil year, usually falling within August and September

Word History and Origins

Origin of Elul¹

First recorded in 1530–40; from Hebrew ĕlûl, from Akkadian elūlu

Word History and Origins

Origin of Elul¹

from Hebrew

Example Sentences

“I switched,” said Yaacov ben Elul, pointing to the Tzohar certificate now on his wall and to the Palestinian cook working under it.

From Washington Post

Overlooking the green hills, we stood under the huppah and blew the shofar, the ram’s horn, as is typical during the Hebrew month of Elul, though not commonly done at weddings.

From New York Times

“He sacrificed himself,” his sister, Bat Zion Elul, who made the decision to take him off life support, said in an interview with Channel 2 News broadcast on Friday.

From New York Times

Here follow the names of three witnesses and the scribe, the date being— “City of Sûqâain, month Elul, day 26th, year 11th, Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, king of Babylon.”

From Project Gutenberg

He blew his first shofar in a synagogue the year after his bar mitzvah, and he still blows daily at his Brooklyn synagogue during Elul, the Hebrew month preceding Rosh Hashana.

From New York Times