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# kislev

«kislev» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The third month of the Hebrew calendar, which falls in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The third month of the Hebrew calendar, which falls in late autumn, around November or December. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kislev/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah each month is linked with a Hebrew letter, a sign of the zodiac and a body part, and Kislev goes with Samech, Sagittarius and the stomach. Interpretation: Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev, and tradition sees the month as a time when light grows in the dark.

### examples

- The twelve months of the year are: Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamus, Ab, Elul, Tishri, Marcheshvan, Kislev, Teves, Schevat and Adar. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kislev/#x1)
- He produced Samech, predominant in sleep, crowned, combined, and formed Sagittarius in the world, Kislev in the year, and the stomach of man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kislev/#x2)
- He produced Samech, predominant in Sleep, crowned it, combined and formed with it Sagittarius in the Universe, Kislev in the Year, and the stomach of Man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kislev/#x3)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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