Siwan (month)
Siwan ( Hebrew סיון) is the ninth month according to the “civil” Jewish calendar and the third month according to the “religious” calendar. It always lasts 30 days. According to the Gregorian calendar , Siwan begins in mid-May.
The term "Siwan" is probably derived from the Akkadian word simanu , which denotes a fixed time. Possibly there is also a word relationship with the ancient Canaanite month name Siw / זו, which is counted as the second month of the year.
All Jewish month names come from the time of the Babylonian exile . In the Tanach the name "Siwan" is unique ( Est 8.9 LUT ):
“The king's scribes were called at that time in the third month, that is the month of Siwan, on the twenty-third day, and it was written, as Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the princes, governors and rulers in the countries from the Indus up to to the Nile, one hundred and twenty-seven countries, every country in its script, every people in its language and also the Jews in their script and language. "
On the 6th Sivan - 50 days after Passover - the Shavuot festival is celebrated.
