[Avodah] How Bitter Can A Month Be? Bittersweet.

[Zev Sero]

T613K at aol.com wrote:

> I've seen this explanation before -- there was an article about it in 
> Jewish Action, a few years ago -- but it does raise some questions.  
> Akkadian is a cognate language to Hebrew, a Semitic language, but most 
> of the other names of the Hebrew months seem to be Babylonian names -- 
> not Semitic.

Akkadian was the language of Bavel and Ashur.  All the month names
come from Akkadian.

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