Where does “Elul” come from?

Elul (English) comes from Hebrew אֱלוּל, from Akkadian [[𒌗]][[𒆥]].

Elul (English): The twelfth month of the civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Av and before Tishrei

Definitions

  1. The twelfth month of the civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Av and before Tishrei

Ancestry of “Elul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאֱלוּל
2Akkadian[[𒌗]][[𒆥]]
Every word from Akkadian [[𒌗]][[𒆥]]Every word from Hebrew אֱלוּל
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