ירחים, sometimes also called חדשים, _new moons_, from the
circumstance of their commencing with the new moon, anciently had no
separate names, with the exception of the first, which was called
_Abib_, that is, the month of the young ears of corn,” Exod. xiii, 4;
xxiii, 15; xxxiv, 18; Deut. xvi, 1. During the captivity, the Hebrews
adopted the Babylonian names for their months; which were as follows,
and they were reckoned thus:--
1. ניסן, _Nisan_, from the new of April, Neh. ii, 1.
moon
2. זיו, _Zif_ or _Ziv_, also of May, 1 Kings vi, 1.
called אייר,
3. סִיוָן, _Sivan_, of June, Esther viii, 9.
4. תמוז, _Tammuz_, of July.
5. אב, _Ab_, of August.
6. אלול, _Elul_, of September, Neh. vi, 15.
7. תשרי, _Tishri_, also ירח of October, 1 Kings viii, 2.
האתנים,
8. בול, _Bul_, also מרחשון, of November, 1 Kings vi, 38.
9. כסלו, _Kislev_, of December, Neh. i, 1.
10. טבת, _Tebeth_, of January, Esther ii, 16.
11. שבט, _Shebat_, of February, Zech. i, 7.
12. אדר, _Adar_, of March, Esther iii, 7.
The first month here mentioned, _Nisan_, was originally
called _Abib_. The intercalary month is denominated in Hebrew
אדר.
circumstance of their commencing with the new moon, anciently had no
separate names, with the exception of the first, which was called
_Abib_, that is, the month of the young ears of corn,” Exod. xiii, 4;
xxiii, 15; xxxiv, 18; Deut. xvi, 1. During the captivity, the Hebrews
adopted the Babylonian names for their months; which were as follows,
and they were reckoned thus:--
1. ניסן, _Nisan_, from the new of April, Neh. ii, 1.
moon
2. זיו, _Zif_ or _Ziv_, also of May, 1 Kings vi, 1.
called אייר,
3. סִיוָן, _Sivan_, of June, Esther viii, 9.
4. תמוז, _Tammuz_, of July.
5. אב, _Ab_, of August.
6. אלול, _Elul_, of September, Neh. vi, 15.
7. תשרי, _Tishri_, also ירח of October, 1 Kings viii, 2.
האתנים,
8. בול, _Bul_, also מרחשון, of November, 1 Kings vi, 38.
9. כסלו, _Kislev_, of December, Neh. i, 1.
10. טבת, _Tebeth_, of January, Esther ii, 16.
11. שבט, _Shebat_, of February, Zech. i, 7.
12. אדר, _Adar_, of March, Esther iii, 7.
The first month here mentioned, _Nisan_, was originally
called _Abib_. The intercalary month is denominated in Hebrew
אדר.