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Nisan
 
SYLLABICATION:Ni·san
PRONUNCIATION:  nsn, n-sän
NOUN: The seventh month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See table at calendar.
ETYMOLOGY:Hebrew nîsn, from Akkadian nisnu, the first month in the Babylonian calendar (corresponding to parts of March and April), from Sumerian nisag, first fruits : nig, ni, thing, nominalizing pref., sag, head, top, first.
 
 
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