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.
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 ⓘ |