אֱלוּל
ʾĕlûl

Hebrew noun
loaned from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning Elul (month VI)
Variants
אֱלוּל ʾĕlûl
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Elul (month VI) month name, time interval

וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה לֶאֱל֑וּל לַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּשְׁנַ֖יִם יֽוֹם׃ {פ}

wattišlam haḥômāh bəʿeśrîm waḥămiššāh leʾĕlûl laḥămiššîm ûšənayim yôm.

‘The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, after fifty-two days.’

— Nehemiah 6 15

Genre: religious text


See also

KIN ulūluUlūlu (month VI)

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אֱלוּל (Lemma #2553). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2553/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אֱלוּל (Lemma #2553). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2553/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אֱלוּל (Lemma #2553). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2553/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) אֱלוּל (Lemma #2553), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2553/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2553,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {אֱלוּל ({Lemma} #2553)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2553/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2553/},
}