אֲדָר

ʾăd̲ār
Hebrew · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-03

Categories
month name
time interval
Related Lemmata 4

1. Adar (month XII)

1.a Adar (month XII) month name, time interval

בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֔ן בִּשְׁנַת֙ שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ הִפִּ֣יל פּוּר֩ ה֨וּא הַגּוֹרָ֜ל לִפְנֵ֣י הָמָ֗ן מִיּ֧וֹם ׀ לְי֛וֹם וּמֵחֹ֛דֶשׁ לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֖ר הוּא־חֹ֥דֶשׁ אֲדָֽר׃ {ס}

baḥōd̲eš hāriʾšôn hûʾ-ḥōd̲eš nîsān bišnat̲ šətêm ʿeśrēh lammelek̲ ʾăḥašwērôš hippîl pûr hûʾ haggôrāl lip̲nê hāmān miyyôm  ləyôm ûmēḥōd̲eš ləḥōd̲eš šənêm-ʿāśār hûʾ-ḥōd̲eš ʾăd̲ār.

‘In the first month, that is, the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, pur—which means “the lot”—was cast before Haman concerning every day and every month, [until it fell on] the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar.’

— Esther 3 7

Genre: religious text


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אֲדָר (Lemma #2556). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2556/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אֲדָר (Lemma #2556). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2556/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אֲדָר (Lemma #2556). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2556/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) אֲדָר (Lemma #2556), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2556/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2556,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {אֲדָר ({Lemma} #2556)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2556/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2556/},
}