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Iyar

or ·ⲹ

[ ee-yahr, ee-yahr ]

noun

  1. the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.


Iyar

/ ˈᲹ /

noun

  1. (in the Jewish calendar) the second month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the eighth month of the civil year, usually falling within April and May
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Iyar1

First recorded in 1730–40; from Hebrew , from Akkadian ayyaru
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Iyar1

from Hebrew
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This spring the fifth day of Iyar — in the year 5778 — lines up with April 18.

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According to the inscription, she died on the 7 of Iyar, 5591, following a calendar used by traditional Jews.

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The second, Iyar, is sacred to Ea as the "lord of humanity."

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Nisan, Iyar, and Sivan, his circuit is between the mountains, in order to dissolve the snow; in July, August, and September, i.e.,

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This event happened on the tenth day of Iyar in the year 66 C.E.

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