Lexicon
כִּסְלֵו
kis.lev
H3691
N:N-M-T Hebrew

Chislev

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kis.lev is used as the name of a month in dated settings in Nehemiah and Zechariah.

The attested uses place kis.lev within date formulas: Nehemiah 1:1 identifies the month of an event, and Zechariah 7:1 identifies the ninth month when the word of the LORD came to Zechariah.

Senses in use

  1. Month name in date formulas · dominant

    Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and occur in temporal clauses. In Nehemiah 1:1 the APB renders an event as occurring “in the month Chislev,” while in Zechariah 7:1 it renders the date as “in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chislev.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “Chislev” in both verses, once within “the month Chislev” and once after “the ninth month.” These phrases show the verse-level date setting rather than a precise token-by-token rendering.

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