Editing Cheshvan (section)

{{Short description|8th month of the Hebrew calendar}}
{{Infobox month
| image       = Französischer Meister um 1675 001.jpg
| alt         = 
| caption     = The [[Genesis flood narrative|Great Flood]], which according to the [[Bible]] wiped out the world, started in Marcheshvan.
| native_name = {{Native name|he| {{Script/Hebrew|מַרְחֶשְׁוָן}}}}
| calendar    = [[Hebrew calendar]]
| num         = 8
| days        = 29 or 30
| season      = Autumn (Northern Hemisphere)
| gregorian   = October–November
| holidays    = 
| prev_month  = [[Tishrei]]
| next_month  = [[Kislev]]
}}

'''Marcheshvan''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: {{Script/Hebrew|מַרְחֶשְׁוָן}}, <small>[[Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew|Standard]]</small> {{Transliteration|he|Marḥešvan}}, <small>[[Tiberian vocalization|Tiberian]]</small> {{Transliteration|he|Marḥešwān}}; from [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] {{Transliteration|akk|waraḫsamnu}}, literally, 'eighth month'), generally shortened to '''Cheshvan''' ({{Script/Hebrew|חֶשְׁוָן}}, <small>[[Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew|Standard]]</small> {{Transliteration|he|Ḥešvan}} <small>[[Tiberian vocalization|Tiberian]]</small> {{Transliteration|he|Ḥešwān}}), is the second month of the civil year (which starts on 1 [[Tishrei]]), and the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year (which starts on 1 [[Nisan]]) on the [[Hebrew calendar]].

In a regular ({{Transliteration|he|kesidran}}) year, Marcheshvan has 29 days, but because of the [[Hebrew calendar#Rosh Hashanah postponement rules|Rosh Hashanah postponement rules]], in some years, an additional day is added to Marcheshvan to make the year a "full" ({{Transliteration|he|maleh}}) year. Marcheshvan occurs in October–November in the [[Gregorian calendar]].

The [[Hebrew Bible]], before the [[Babylonian Exile]], refers to the month as '''Bul''' ({{bibleverse|1|Kings|6:38|HE}}). In Sidon, the reference to {{Transliteration|he|Bul}} is also made on the [[Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II]] dated to the early 5th century BC.