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

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:
> On Sat, October 13, 2007 11:06 pm, Zev Sero wrote:
> : Micha Berger wrote:
> :> So, merach would be yareiach in Hebrew,
> 
> : Yerach.
> 
> Yerach is semichut, no? "Yerach ha'Eisanim" is "the month OF the greats".
>
> Why would the Akkadian use the equivalent of a semichut? Therefore,
> even though the vowels are "yerach", I think "merach" is the
> equivalent of "yeariach" ("month", without the "of").

Where is "yareach" ever used for "month"; AFAIK it always means the
actual moon, not the time it takes to cycle.  In Tanach a month is
"yerach yamim".   Here it would be "yerach sheman", month number eight,
not "hayareach hashemini", the "eighth moon".


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