מַרְחֶשְׁוָון, (Assyr. Araaḥ samna, Schr. KAT², 380) Marḥeshvan, the eighth month of the Jewish calendar, containing twenty nine or thirty days, varying between the fifth of October and the second of December. Targ. Y. Deut. XI, 14. Targ. II Esth. III, 7.—R. Hash. 11ᵇ