HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5510
סִיוָן
si.van — Sivan
§ Sivan = "their covering" the 3rd month in the Jewish calendar corresponding to May-Jun
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Sivan
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
A Persian word (Assyr, sivanu, “bricks”), used after the Captivity as the name of the third month of the Jewish year, extending from the new moon in June to the new moon in July (Esther 8:9).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.