Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Elul"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Elul
(Neh. 6:15), the name of the sixth month of the ecclesiastical
year, and the twelfth of the civil year. It began with the new
moon of our August and September, and consisted of twenty-nine
days.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Elul \E"lul\, n. [Heb.]
The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning,
or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly
to the month of September.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Elul
n : the twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the
ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and
September) [syn: {Elul}, {Ellul}]
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