Iyar

E66075

Iyar is the second month of the Hebrew calendar’s religious year, falling in spring and associated with events such as Israel’s Independence Day and Lag BaOmer.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Iyar canonical 2
Iyyar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew calendar month
month of the Hebrew calendar
alternativeTransliteration Ijar
associatedWithCountry State of Israel
linked to: Israel
associatedWithEvent Israel Independence Day
linked to: Yom Ha’atzmaut

Lag BaOmer
calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
containsHoliday Lag BaOmer
Yom HaAtzmaut
linked to: Yom Ha’atzmaut

Yom HaZikaron
containsReligiousObservance Counting of the Omer
correspondsRoughlyToGregorian April
May
follows Nisan
hasNumericValueInHebrewCalendar 2 (religious year)
8 (civil year)
hasScriptDirection right-to-left (Hebrew name)
languageNameHebrew אִיָּר
partOf Hebrew year
positionInCivilYear 8
positionInReligiousYear 2
precedes Sivan
relatedConcept Omer period
seasonInNorthernHemisphere spring
transliteration Iyyar
linked to: Iyar
typeOfMonth lunar month
typicalLengthDays 29
usedInContext Jewish civil calendar
Jewish religious calendar
Judaism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sivan follows Iyar
Iyar transliteration Iyyar
linked to: Iyar