Found this on www.yashanet.com/library/hebrew-days-and-months.html

 

Thought it was interesting.

 

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Bruce Baber

 

"This table is divided into two sections because of the changes made in the calendar as a result of the Babylonian exile. After the Jews were exiled from Judah to Babylonia in 586 B.C.E., they adopted Babylonian names for the months of the year. Nevertheless, they still have important meanings in whole scheme of things. Not only do most of the names of the Babylonian months have appropriate meanings, but there is also an important theme that applies to these months (Babylonian or Biblical)."

Mo. # Babylonian Calendar Meaning of Babylonian Months Theme of Month (Babylonian & Biblical) Biblical Calendar Meaning of Biblical Months (Harvesting Schedule) Biblical Feasts 1 Nisan Their flight Redemption, Miracles Abib Ripening of grain [Barley, Wheat] Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits 2 Iyyar (natural) healing Introspection, Self improvement Ziv Splendor or Radiance [Flowers] (Barley harvest) 3 Sivan Bright - their covering Giving of Torah 3rd (Wheat harvest) Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) 4 Tammuz Hidden - giver of the vine (A Phoenician deity) Sin of the Golden Calf, guarding of the eyes 4th 5 Av Father Av the Comforter 5th 6 Elul A vain thing - nothingness Repentance 6th (Fruit harvest) 7 Tishri Beginning (from reishit) Month of the Strong or Month of the Ancients Ethanim Ever-flowing streams Rosh HaShannah, Yom Kippur, Succot 8 Kheshvan Eighth The Flood (of Noach) Bul Produce (in the sense of rain) 9 Kislev Security, trust (Restful) Sleep 9th 10 Tevet Good (from "Tov") Divine Grace 10th 11 Shevat meaning unknown Tree of Life 11th 12 Adar Strength Good Fortune 12th 13 * Adar II

* Additional month added during Leap Years. About every 3rd year. There are 7 leap years in a 19 year cycle.

Please note that while Babylonian names were used by the exiled Jews, many of them are found in our Bibles.