*from akkadian waraḫsamnu,
(literally, “8th month“*)
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‘hebrew’ –> מַרְחֶשְׁוָן,
‘standard’ – marḥešvan
‘tiberian’ – Marḥešwān’
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*sometimes shortened to ‘cheshvan’*
‘hebrew’ – חֶשְׁוָן
‘standard’ – Ḥešvan
‘tiberian’ – Ḥešwān
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*’marcheshvan’ is the ‘2nd month’ of the ‘civil year’ (which starts on ‘1 tishrei’), and the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year (which starts on 1 Nisan) on the ‘hebrew calendar’*
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In a regular (kesidran) year, Marcheshvan has 29 days, but because of the Rosh Hashanah postponement rules, in some years, an additional day is added to Marcheshvan to make the year a “full” (maleh) year.
Marcheshvan is an autumn month which occurs in October–November in the Gregorian calendar.
Compared to its Akkadian etymon waraḫsamnu, the name Marḥešvan displays the same lenition of ungeminated מ /m/ to ו /v/ found in other month names (Tammuz traditionally contains mem with dagesh).
Uniquely to this name the initial ו has also changed to מ, giving the overall effect of a metathesis.
In the modern form, with the connection to the roots “moon, month” w-r-ḥ and “eight” š-m-n no longer apparent, the first two letters מַר (mar) have been re-interpreted as the Hebrew word for bitter, alluding to the fact that the month has no holidays or fasts.[c
The Ethiopian Jewish community celebrates Sigd on the 29th day of Marcheshvan (50 days from Yom Kippur, analogous to counting 50 days from Pesach to Shavuos), as recognized by the Israeli Knesset in July 2008.
(the ‘hebrew bible’, before the ‘babylonian exile’, refers to the month as bul (1 kings 6:38))
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(in ‘sidon’, the reference to bul is also made on the ‘sarcophaugus’ of ‘eshmunazar II’ dated to the ‘early 5th century BC’)
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