Elul
[ el-ool; Sephardic Hebrew e-lool; Ashkenazic Hebrew e-luhl ]
/ ˈɛl ʊl; Sephardic Hebrew ɛˈlul; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈɛ ləl /
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noun
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
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Origin of Elul
From the Hebrew word ĕlūl
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Elul
/ (ɛˈluːl) /
noun
(in the Jewish calendar) the sixth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the twelfth month of the civil year, usually falling within August and September
Word Origin for Elul
from Hebrew
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