[hesh-vuh
n, -vahn, khesh-] 
| the second month of the Jewish calendar. |
| Hesh·van also Hesh·wan (KHěsh'vən, -vän) n. The second month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See Table at calendar. [Hebrew ḥešwān, short for marḥešwān, from Akkadian araḫsamnu, waraḫsamnu, a month name : arḫu, warḫu, month; see wrḫ in Semitic roots + samnu, eighth (from samāne, eight; see ṯmny in Semitic roots).] |