Iyar

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Iyar is the second month of the Hebrew calendar’s religious year, falling in spring and associated with events such as Israel’s Independence Day and Lag BaOmer.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Iyyar 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew calendar month
month of the Hebrew calendar
alternativeTransliteration Ijar
associatedWithCountry Israel
surface form: State of Israel
associatedWithEvent Yom Ha’atzmaut
surface form: Israel Independence Day

Lag BaOmer
calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
containsHoliday Lag BaOmer
Yom Ha’atzmaut
surface form: Yom HaAtzmaut

Yom HaZikaron
containsReligiousObservance Counting of the Omer
correspondsRoughlyToGregorian April
May
follows Nisan
hasNumericValueInHebrewCalendar 2 (religious year)
8 (civil year)
hasScriptDirection right-to-left (Hebrew name)
languageNameHebrew אִיָּר
partOf Hebrew year
positionInCivilYear 8
positionInReligiousYear 2
precedes Sivan
relatedConcept Omer period
seasonInNorthernHemisphere spring
transliteration Iyar self-linksurface differs
surface form: Iyyar
typeOfMonth lunar month
typicalLengthDays 29
usedInContext Jewish civil calendar
Jewish religious calendar
Judaism

Referenced by (2)

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

Sivan follows Iyar
Iyar transliteration Iyar self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Iyyar