Miscellaneous Bible
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A. D. = Latin "Anno Domini."
Used to designate years
AFTER the birth of Jesus. | | B. C. = Before Christ.
Used to designate years
BEFORE the birth of Jesus. | | B.C.E. = Before Common Era
(means the same as B.C.) | | | ca. / circa = around | | c. = before a date, about | | C. E. = Common Era
(means the same as A.D.) | | | e.g. = for example | | ib. or ibid. = from the source
cited in the last footnote. | | i.e. = that is; specifically | |
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Letters of the
Hebrew Alphabet |
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| Aleph |
א |
| Teth | ט |
| Ayin | ע |
| Beth |
ב | Yod | י |
Pe | פ |
| Gimel |
ג | Kaph | כ |
Tsaddi | צ |
| Daleth |
ד |
| Lamed | ל |
| Koph | ק |
| He |
ה |
| Mem | מ |
| Resh | ר |
| Vau |
ו |
| Nun | נ |
| Shin | ש |
| Zayin |
ז |
| Samech | ס |
| Tau | ת |
| Cheth |
ח |
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Hebrew Letters with a Variation*
| Final Kaph | ך |
| Final Mem | ם |
| Final Nun | ן |
| Final Pe | ף | | Final Tsaddi | ץ |
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* These are not unique Hebrew letters per se but rather variations of existing letters. These variations are used when the letter in question (Kaph, Mem, Nun, Pe or Tsaddi) is at the end of a word. |
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Letters of the
Greek Alphabet
(left to right)
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Names of the
Biblical Hebrew Months | | | | Normal Year | | | | Hebrew Month | Days | | 1. Abib or Nisan ** | 30 | | 2. Iyar | 29 | | 3. Sivan ** | 30 | | 4. Tammuz | 29 | | 5. Ab | 30 | | 6. Elul | 29 | | 7. Tishri ** | 30 | | 8. Heshvan | 29 or 30 | | 9. Kislev | 29 or 30 | | 10. Tebeth | 29 | | 11. Shebat | 30 | | 12. Adar | 29 | | | | Leap (Intercalary) Year * | | | | Hebrew Month | Days | | 1. Abib or Nisan ** | 30 | | 2. Iyar | 29 | | 3. Sivan ** | 30 | | 4. Tammuz | 29 | | 5. Ab | 30 | | 6. Elul | 29 | | 7. Tishri ** | 30 | | 8. Heshvan | 29 or 30 | | 9. Kislev | 29 or 30 | | 10. Tebeth | 29 | | 11. Shebat | 30 | | 12. Adar I | 30 | | 13. Adar II | 29 | | | | * A 30-day month called Adar I is added. | ** Denotes month containing one of God's Feast Days. |
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Hebrew Calendar
Sacred Years | | | The first day of the new Biblical Hebrew Calendar sacred year is Tishri 1 (also known as Feast of Trumpets or Rosh Hashana) | | | Roman Calendar
Date of Tishri 1 * | Biblical Calendar
Sacred Year | | | | | September 17th, 2012 | Year 5773 begins | | | | | September 5th, 2013 | Year 5774 begins | | | | | September 25th, 2014 | Year 5775 begins | | | | | September 14th, 2015 | Year 5776 begins | | | | | | * Tishri 1 is determined each year
based on Hebrew calendar rules. | | |
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