H2099

זו

zaw

Proper masculine noun · Probably from an unused root meaning to be prominent

Probably from an unused root meaning to be prominent; properly, brightness (compare H2122), i.e. (figuratively) the month of flowers; Ziv (corresponding to Ijar or May):—Zif.

Outline

Zif = "brightness"

name of the 2nd month of the year, corresponding to Apr-May

Usages

1 Kings 6:1

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

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1 Kings 6:37

¶ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

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