(Neh. 6:15), the name of the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year, and the twelfth of the civil year. It began with the new moon of our August and September, and consisted of twenty-nine days.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Elul
Name meaningcry or outcry
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