Elul

American  

[el-ool, e-lool, e-luhl] / ˈɛl ʊl, ɛˈlul, ˈɛ ləl /

noun

1. the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.

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Elul British  

/ ɛˈluːl /

noun

1. (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

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Etymology

Origin of Elul

First recorded in 1530–40; from Hebrew ĕlûl, from Akkadian elūlu

Example Sentences

“I switched,” said Yaacov ben Elul, pointing to the Tzohar certificate now on his wall and to the Palestinian cook working under it.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

Elul, overheard a conversation on the Phalangists' radio.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yaron went over to Hobeika and spoke with him quietly for five minutes, but Elul could not hear what was said.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such a procedure is natural, and one is inclined to conclude that the intercalated Elul is of Babylonian origin and older than the intercalated Adar.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

Dated the 10th of Elul, in the second year of Samsu-iluna.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)