H0388 H0388
the Ethanim, seventh month name (month of steady flows)
The pre-exilic name for the seventh month (later Tishri), appearing in 1 Kings 8:2 during Solomon's temple dedication. The name derives from אֵיתָן meaning 'perennial' or 'ever-flowing,' likely referring to the steady wadis of autumn after summer drought. This was October-November, a time of reliable water flow before winter rains. The Assyrian month Ululu and Arabic أَيْلُول preserve cognate forms.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ancient Canaanite month designation marking the autumn season when streams returned to steady flow after summer's desiccation. In 1 Kings 8:2, Solomon times the temple dedication for this agriculturally significant month, the beginning of the civil year and season of harvest festivals. The definite article הָ- marks it as the recognized name. Cross-linguistic transliteration (Ethanim, Etanim) preserves the Hebrew form, though the underlying meaning ('perpetual flows') reveals agricultural-calendrical reasoning behind the nomenclature. 1×
AR["إِيثَانِيمَ"]·ben["-এথানীমের"]·DE["der-Ethanim"]·EN["the-Ethanim"]·FR["le-Ethanim"]·heb["ה-איתנים"]·HI["एतानीम"]·ID["Etanim"]·IT["il-Ethanim"]·jav["Étanim"]·KO["에다님의"]·PT["Etanim"]·RU["Этаним"]·ES["el-Etanim"]·SW["yeye"]·TR["Etanim"]·urd["ایتانیم"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. אֵיתָן, אֵתָן adj. perennial, ever-flowing, fig. permanent, as subst. steady flow, permanence;—abs. אֵיתָן Gn 49:24 + 8 times; אֵתָן Jb 33:19; sf. אֵיתָנוֹ Ex 14:27; pl. אֵיתָנִים Jb 12:19; אֵתָנִים 1 K 8:2 Mi 6:2; (in form, an ‘elative,’ Ew§ 162 b = Arabic compar. and superl.;— 1. 3 (opp. אַכְזָב), נַחַל אֵיתָן Am 5:24 an 3 wādy, Dt 21:4 (v. Dr); as subst. in נַהֲרוֹת אֵיתָן ψ 74:15 rivers…