Ethanim

American  

[eth-uh-nim, e-tah-neem] / ˈɛθ ə nɪm, ɛ tɑˈnim /

noun

Chiefly Biblical.

1. a month equivalent to Tishri in the modern Jewish calendar.

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Etymology

Origin of Ethanim

From Late Latin Ethanim, from Hebrew, Canaanite ēthānīm

Example Sentences

The last reviser distinguishes the months not by their old Hebrew names, Zif, Bul, Ethanim, but by numbers, commencing with spring as the beginning of the year.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

Expenses of the month Ethanim: On the new-moon of the month Ethanim, for the gods of the new-moon two....

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

It is mentioned together with two other names, Ethanim, the seventh month, and Bul, the eighth month, in the account of the building and dedication of Solomon's Temple.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

These months were called by Moses the first, second, third, fourth month, &c. and the first month was also called Abib, the second Zif, the seventh Ethanim, the eighth Bull, Exod. xiii.

From Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John by Newton, Isaac, Sir

In the first place we have those peculiar to the Jews previous to the captivity, viz: Abib, the first month in commemoration of the exodus; Zif, the second, Ethanim, the seventh, and Bul, the eighth.

From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols