Tishri

American  

[tish-ree] / ˈtɪʃ ri /

Also Tishrei

noun

1. the first month of the Jewish calendar.

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Tishri British  

/ tɪʃˈriː /

noun

1. (in the Jewish calendar) the seventh month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the first month of the civil year, usually falling within September and October

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Etymology

Origin of Tishri

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Hebrew tishrê, from Akkadian tašrītu

Example Sentences

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Tishri

In the following month of Tishri they rested on account of the holy days, but immediately after these they set out to battle against Og.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 by Paul Radin

Hence Jethro could not be present at a court proceeding of his before the eleventh day of Tishri, the first day after Moses' return from heaven.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 by Paul Radin

It is, however, to them always the first day of the month Tishri, and the first day of their new year.

From More Science From an Easy Chair by Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester

Tishri, moreover, as has been pointed out, is a sacred month in a peculiar sense.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow

On the first day of Tishri our ancestors discontinued their rigorous labor in Egypt.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various