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Traditional Hebrew calendars hold Iyar (April/May) as the second month after the Israelites left Mtzrym (Egypt), which was Nisan, and this is not true according to my treatments to the Hebrew calendar in my article: A New Lunar Calendar

If we know that Nisan is in the fall season governing the equivalent of Sep/Oct and not Mar/Apr, then the second month after Nisan has to be what traditionalists call Cheshvan or sometimes Bul (Oct/Nov). Even though the name Cheshvan doesn’t appear in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) at all (but Bul does), here are some clues to back up my claim.

According to the Babylonian calendar on wikipedia.com, the name before Cheshvan (Marcheshvan/Bul) was applied, the Akkadians called it Araḫ Samnu – 𒌚𒀳 – ‘Month the Eighth’. While this is conflicting with my claim, there is a more ancient name in Sumerian:

𒌚(𒄑)𒀳𒂃𒀀

^ITI(GIŠ)APIN.DU₈.A –

‘Month the plow is let go’

Barley is mentioned in scripture, even though in my opinion I don’t think it was barley (see INDIAN RICEGRASS of the Bible), at least this crop gives us a time of season that the scriptures wants us to know. Barley is typically planted in late fall (Oct/Nov), lies dormant through the winter season, sprouting in the springtime, and then harvested in summer. With this being said, it now clear and easy to see that the “Month the plow is let go” is indeed the second month after the Israelites made their exodus.

Below, is the passage of Exodus 9:31 in the Aramaic Targum of Pseudo-Jonathan:

וכתנא וסרתא לקון ארום סרתא הוות בסירא וכיתנא עבד פוקלין

Literal translation: And the flax, and the barley were smitten because, the barley was too early and the flax made bud

bsyr בסירא = too early

Earlier in the year (springtime), before the exodus, Misheh 𐤌𐤔𐤄 with the power of TMH sent hail upon the land of Mtzrym (Egypt) for being hostile towards Israel 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 and not letting them go. This destroyed the flax and the barley which were too young because they were budding and sprouting at the time.

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