Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
first month of the Jewish religious year
NASB Translation
Nisan (2).

נִיסָן proper name of 1st month (loan-word from Babylonian Nisannu, compare Schr^{COT Nehemiah 1.. 1} Muss-Arn^{JBL xi. 1 (1892). 76}; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; so Nabataean, Palmyrene, see Lzb³²³); — only post-exile: ׳חֹדֶשׁ נ Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7 ( + הָרִאשׁוֺן הַחֹדֶשׁ), = pre-exile הָאָבִּיב (הֹדֶשׁ). — On sacredness of Nisan compare also RS^{Semitic i. 387; 2d ed. 406 f}.

נִיצוֺץ see נצץ. נֵיר see נֵר.

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