אייר

Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌚𒄞 (Ayyārum).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

אייר / אִיָּר • (iyár) m

1. (Judaism) Iyar (the eighth month of the civil year and the second month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Nisan and before Sivan)

   Synonym: זיו (Ziv)

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Rosh Hashanah 1:3:

     וּכְשֶׁהָיָה בֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קַיָּם, יוֹצְאִין אַף עַל אִיָּר מִפְּנֵי פֶסַח קָטָן:

     U-kh-she-hayá véit ha-miqdásh qayyám, yots'ín af al Iyyár mipné Pésaḥ Qaṭán.

     And when the Temple stood, they would even go out for Iyyar, on account of Second Passover.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 11b:

     רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר: אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּאִיָּיר הָיָה, יוֹם שֶׁמַּזַּל כִּימָה שׁוֹקֵעַ בַּיּוֹם וּמַעְיָנוֹת מִתְמַעֲטִין

     Rabbii Yehoshúa omér: otó ha-yom shiv'á 'asár b-Iyyár hayá, yom she-mazál kimá shoqéa' ba-yom u-ma'yanót mitma'aṭín.

     Rabbi Yehoshua says: that day was the seventeenth of Iyar, the day that the Pleiades set during the day and the wellsprings are diminished.

See also

• (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי, חשוון, כסלו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיוון, תמוז, אב, אלול ^{(Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)}

Further reading

• אייר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew אִיָּר.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪjəʁ/

Noun

אייר • (iyer) m

1. (Judaism) Iyar (the eighth month of the civil year and the second month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Nisan and before Sivan)

See also

• (Hebrew calendar months) תּשרי (tishre), חשוון (kheshvn), כּסלו (kislev), טבֿת (teyves), שבֿט (shvat), אָדר (oder), ניסן (nisn), אייר (iyer), סיוון (sivn), תּמוז (tamez), אָבֿ (ov), אלול (elel) ^{(Category: yi:Hebrew calendar months)}