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# adar

proper noun

«adar» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah, each month is linked with a letter, a sign of the zodiac and a body part; Adar goes with Qoph, Pisces and the spleen.

**Interpretation.** Adar is the month of Purim, and the rabbis say that when Adar begins, joy increases. Sefer Yetzirah ties it to laughter, matching its link to Qoph.

### Meaning

The twelfth month of the Hebrew calendar, around February and March. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adar/#m1)

### Examples

- The twelve months of the year are: Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamus, Ab, Elul, Tishri, Marcheshvan, Kislev, Teves, Schevat and Adar. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adar/#x1)
- He produced Quoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned, combined, and formed Pisces in the world, Adar in the year, and the spleen in man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adar/#x2)
- He produced Qoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned it, combined and formed with it Pisces in the Universe, Adar in the Year, and the spleen of Man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adar/#x3)
- to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, (Writings EST.9.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adar/#x4)
- upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. (Writings EST.8.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adar/#x5)
- And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. (Writings EZR.6.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adar/#x6)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «adar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«adar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/adar.html) on Mova free.