איתנים
Hebrew
Adjective
אֵיתָנִים • (eytaním)
- masculine plural indefinite form of אֵיתָן (eytán)
Proper noun
אֵתָנִים • (Eytaním) m pl
- (Biblical Hebrew) Ethanim; Tishrei, the seventh month of the year
- Synonym: תשרי (Tishrei)
- Tanach, 1 Kings 8:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה כָּל־אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיֶרַח הָאֵתָנִים בֶּחָג הוּא הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי׃
- va-yikahalú el ha-mélekh Shlomó kol ish Yisra'él b'yérakh ha-Eytaním bekhag hu ha-khódesh ha-shvi'i.
- And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Rosh Hashanah, 11a:
- רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: מִנַּיִן שֶׁבְּתִשְׁרֵי נוֹלְדוּ אָבוֹת? שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה כׇּל אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיֶרַח הָאֵיתָנִים בֶּחָג״, יֶרַח שֶׁנּוֹלְדוּ בּוֹ אֵיתָנֵי עוֹלָם.
- Rabí Eli'ézer omér: Mináyin she-b'Tishréi noldú avót? She-ne'emár: "Va-yikahalú el ha-mélekh Shlomó kol ish Yisra'él b'yérakh ha-Eytaním bekhag" — yérakh she-noldú bo eytané olám.
- Rabbi Eliezer says: How do we derive that the patriarchs were born in Tishrei? From where it is written, "And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim" — that is, the month when the mighty of the world were born.