Your ancestor was baptised on 2 February 1730/31 — what does the slash mean?
If you have ever met a date like **12 March 1745/6** in a parish register or a will, you have met the calendar change that quietly trips up British and colonial
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Numbers 28
Numbers 28 — The Mister Translation 💬 Discuss this chapter 1 וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה, אֶל-מ…
Numbers 29
Numbers 29 — The Mister Translation 💬 Discuss this chapter 1 וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי ב…
Leviticus 23
Leviticus 23 — The Mister Translation 💬 Discuss this chapter 1 וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה, אֶל-מ…
Exodus 12
Exodus 12 — The Mister Translation 💬 Discuss this chapter 1 וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-מֹש…
Exodus — Introduction
…answers it not with another plague but with a calendar, a lamb, unleavened bread, and blood on two doorposts and…
Not Irish by Blood
…Herbert died without a will, so the Irish Calendar of Wills and Administrations for 1963 or 1964 should carry a…
mo'adim — Dictionary
📖 Dictionary mo'adim מוֹעֲדִים mo'adim Appointed times — the festival-calendar word; what the sun and moon…
chodesh — Dictionary
…the same word does both jobs, because the Hebrew calendar is lunar and a new month begins the moment the…
chronos — Dictionary
📖 Dictionary chronos χρόνος chronos Time as DURATION — the stretch a calendar or a clock measures; the root of 'chronology' and…
Exodus 11
…It opens with a calendar, a lamb, and a door. Patterns worth carrying forward Where this translation keeps the exact…
