Elul

[ el-ool; Sephardic Hebrew e-lool; Ashkenazic Hebrew e-luhl ]

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noun

Elul

/ ɛˈluːl /

(in the Jewish calendar) the sixth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the twelfth month of the civil year, usually falling within August and September

Origin of Elul¹

First recorded in 1530–40; from Hebrew ĕlûl, from Akkadian elūlu

Origin of Elul¹

from Hebrew

It is the culmination of a 40-day process that begins as the last month of the year, Elul, begins.

In the month of Elul (September) he should arouse himself to a consciousness of the dread justice awaiting all mankind.

A complete calendar for the intercalated month of Elul has been preserved.

These were for the benefit of visiting students and met twice a year in the months of Adar and Elul.

But the wall was finished the five and twentieth day of the month of Elul, in two and fifty days.

For the remaining days of Elul, the ordinances have much the same character as those instanced.

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