Elul

See also: elul and elül

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אֱלוּל (elúl), from Akkadian 𒌗𒆥 (itieluli, “month of harvest”).

Proper noun

Elul

  2. (Judaism) The twelfth month of the civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Av and before Tishrei.
    • 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 142:
      “Twenty-three years ago,” the rebbe says without hesitation. “On the twentieth of Elul. No one in this house has spoken to or seen him since then.”

Translations

See also

Hebrew calendar monthsedit

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hebrew אלול.

Proper noun

Elul

  1. Elul (sixth month of the Jewish calendar)

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