Nisan

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Hebrew calendar month month religious month

Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nisan canonical 4
Nisannu 1
נִיסָן 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew calendar month ⓘ
month ⓘ
religious month ⓘ
agriculturalAssociation barley harvest ⓘ
beginning of grain harvest ⓘ
AkkadianCognate Nisanu ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Book of Exodus ⓘ
surface form: Exodus from Egypt

redemption of Israel ⓘ
associatedWithFestival Passover ⓘ
Passover ⓘ
surface form: Pesach
associatedWithSeason spring ⓘ
biblicalReference Megillat Esther ⓘ
surface form: Book of Esther

Book of Exodus ⓘ
calendar Hebrew calendar ⓘ
calendarSystemType lunisolar ⓘ
civilSignificance seventh month of the Hebrew civil year ⓘ
commandedAsFirstMonthIn Exodus 12:2 ⓘ
correspondsRoughlyToGregorianMonths April ⓘ
March ⓘ
culturalContext Judaism ⓘ
festivalCommandedInTorah Passover ⓘ
surface form: Feast of Unleavened Bread

Passover ⓘ
followsMonth Adar ⓘ
followsMonthInLeapYears Adar I ⓘ
surface form: Adar II
hasLengthInCommonYears 30 days ⓘ
HebrewSpelling Nisan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: נִיסָן
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalUse Jewish religious calendar ⓘ
majorHoliday Passover ⓘ
surface form: Feast of Unleavened Bread

Passover ⓘ
Passover ⓘ
surface form: Pesach
meaningAssociatedWithName bud ⓘ
spring ⓘ
occursAfterLeapMonthInLeapYears Adar II ⓘ
originOfName Akkadian ⓘ
positionInHebrewCivilYear 7 ⓘ
positionInHebrewReligiousYear 1 ⓘ
precedesMonth Iyar ⓘ
religiousLawContext halakhic calendar ⓘ
religiousSignificance first month of the Hebrew religious year ⓘ
seasonInLandOfIsrael spring ⓘ
traditionalNewYearType New Year for festivals ⓘ
New Year for kings ⓘ
typeOfYearContext religious year ⓘ
usedByCommunity Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people
usedInContext liturgical readings ⓘ
religious observances ⓘ
zodiacSignOftenAssociated Aries ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hebrew calendar → hasMonth → Nisan ⓘ
Nisan → HebrewSpelling → Nisan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: נִיסָן
Adar → precedes → Nisan ⓘ
Three Regalim → occursIn → Nisan ⓘ
Iyar → follows → Nisan ⓘ
שלוש רגלים → occursInMonth → Nisan ⓘ
this entity surface form: ניסן
Babylonian calendar → hasNewYearMonth → Nisan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nisannu