Ethanim

American  

[eth-uh-nim, e-tah-neem] / ˈɛθ ə nɪm, ɛ tɑˈnim /

noun

Chiefly Biblical.

1. a month equivalent to Tishri in the modern Jewish calendar.

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Etymology

Origin of Ethanim

From Late Latin Ethanim, from Hebrew, Canaanite ēthānīm

Example Sentences

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Ethanim

Expenses of the month Ethanim: On the new-moon of the month Ethanim, for the gods of the new-moon two....

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The month Ethanim, to which the first account refers, is mentioned, it will be remembered, in 1 Kings viii.

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education

The last reviser distinguishes the months not by their old Hebrew names, Zif, Bul, Ethanim, but by numbers, commencing with spring as the beginning of the year.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

These months were called by Moses the first, second, third, fourth month, &c. and the first month was also called Abib, the second Zif, the seventh Ethanim, the eighth Bull, Exod. xiii.

From Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John by Newton, Isaac, Sir