אייר

From Akkadian 𒌚𒄞 (Ayyārum).

• IPA^(key): /iˈjaʁ/

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אייר / אִיָּר • (iyár) m

1. (Judaism) Iyar (the eighth month of the civil year and the second month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Nisan and before Sivan)

   Synonym: זיו (Ziv)

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Rosh Hashanah, section 1.3:

     וּכְשֶׁהָיָה בֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קַיָּם, יוֹצְאִין אַף עַל אִיָּר מִפְּנֵי פֶסַח קָטָן:

     ukhshehayá vét hamikdásh kayám, yots'ín af al Iyár mipné Pésakh Katán.

     And when the Temple stood, they would even go out for Iyyar, on account of Second Passover.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Rosh Hashanah, 11b:

     רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר: אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּאִיָּיר הָיָה, יוֹם שֶׁמַּזַּל כִּימָה שׁוֹקֵעַ בַּיּוֹם וּמַעְיָנוֹת מִתְמַעֲטִין

     Rabí Yehoshúa omér: otó hayom shiv'á asár b'Iyár hayá, yom shemazál kimá shokéa bayom uma'yanót mitma'atín.

     Rabbi Yehoshua says: that day was the seventeenth of Iyar, the day that the Pleiades set during the day and the wellsprings are diminished.

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• IPA^(key): /iˈjeʁ/

אייר / אִיֵּר • (iyér) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart אֻיַּר)

1. to illustrate

• אִיּוּר (iyúr, “illustration”)

From Hebrew אִיָּר.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪjəʁ/

אייר • (iyer) m

1. (Judaism) Iyar (the eighth month of the civil year and the second month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Nisan and before Sivan)