כִּסְלֵו

kislev

pronounced kis-LEV

The Hebrew calendar month in which Hanukkah begins, on its twenty-fifth day

also written: chislev

In the fourth year of king Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

Zechariah 7:1 The biblical spelling of the month now transliterated Kislev

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

Nehemiah 1:1 Kislev is named directly in Nehemiah’s dating formula.

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Hebrew words

‹ Hebrew words

כִּסְלֵו kislev kis-LEV

The Hebrew calendar month in which Hanukkah begins, on its twenty-fifth day

In the fourth year of king Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

Zechariah 7:1

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

Nehemiah 1:1