בול

Hebrew

Pronunciation

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Noun

בּוּל • (búl) m (plural indefinite בּוּלִים, singular construct בּוּל־)

1. stamp, postage stamp
2. (Biblical Hebrew) Cheshvan or Marcheshvan, the eighth month of the year

   Synonyms: חשוון (Ḥeshvan), מרחשוון (Marḥeshvan)

   • Tanach, 1 Kings 6:38, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וּבַשָּׁנָה הָאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה בְּיֶרַח בּוּל הוּא הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִי כָּלָה הַבַּיִת לְכׇל־דְּבָרָיו וּלְכׇל־מִשְׁפָּטָו וַיִּבְנֵהוּ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים׃

     U-va-shaná ha-aḥát 'esré b-yéraḥ Bul hu ha-ḥódesh ha-shminí kalá ha-báyit l-khol mishpatáv va-yivnehu shéva shaním.

     And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

References

• “בול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• בול on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he