nisan

«nisan» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The first month of the Hebrew calendar, in spring, around… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The first month of the Hebrew calendar, in spring, around March and April. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Tradition counts Nisan as the first of the months because Israel left Egypt then, and Passover falls in it. Sefer Yetzirah links it to the sign Aries and to the right foot of man.

examples

• The month Nisan begins about March .29th. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The twelve months of the year are: Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamus, Ab, Elul, Tishri, Marcheshvan, Kislev, Teves, Schevat and Adar. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• God produced He, predominant in Speech, crowned, combined, and formed Aries in the world, Nisan in the year, and the right foot of man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. (Writings NEH.2.1, JPS 1917) tree →

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Trees and pragmatics

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