מרחשוון
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Hebrew
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Metathesis from Akkadian 𒌗𒀳 (itiwaraḫsamnu, literally “the eighth month”). Folk etymology popularly but incorrectly derives it from מר (mar, “bitter”) + חשוון (ḥeshvan, “Cheshvan”), on account of its lack of holidays.
Proper noun
[edit]מרחשוון / מַרְחֶשְׁוָן • (marḥeshván) m
- Marcheshvan (eighth month)
- Synonym: בול (Bul)
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Ta'anit 1:4:
- הִגִּיעַ שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּמַרְחֶשְׁוָן וְלֹא יָרְדוּ גְשָׁמִים, הִתְחִילוּ הַיְחִידִים מִתְעַנִּין שָׁלשׁ תַּעֲנִיּוֹת.
- Higía' shiv'á 'asár b-Marḥeshvan v-lo yardú g'shamím, hitḥilú ha-yḥidím mit'annín shalósh ta'aniyyót.
- If the seventeenth of Marcheshvan has arrived and no rain has fallen, individuals would begin to fast three fasts.