Sivan
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Si·van
(sĭv′ən)n.
The third month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See Table at calendar.
[Hebrew sîwān, from Akkadian simānu, a month name, from simānu, season, time; see wsm in Semitic roots.]
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Sivan
(siːˈvɑːn)n
(Judaism) (in the Jewish calendar) the third month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the ninth month of the civil year, usually falling within May and June
[from Hebrew]
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Si•van
(ˈsɪv ən, siˈvɑn)n.
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
[< Hebrew sīwān]
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| Noun | 1. |  Sivan - the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June)Hebrew calendar, Jewish calendar - (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years Jewish calendar month - a month in the Jewish calendar |
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