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# heshvan

«heshvan» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The eighth month of the Jewish calendar, in autumn** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The eighth month of the Jewish calendar, in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heshvan/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah links Heshvan with the letter Nun, with Scorpio, and with the intestines. The month is sometimes called "Mar-Heshvan," bitter Heshvan, as it has no festivals.

### examples

- He produced Nun, predominant in Smell, crowned it, combined and formed with it Scorpio in the Universe, Heshvan in the Year, and the intestines of Man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heshvan/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «heshvan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heshvan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.