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the second month of the Jewish calendar Original Word: זִוTransliteration: Ziv Phonetic Spelling: (zeev') Short Definition: Zif
of uncertain derivation Definition the second month of the Jewish calendar NASB Word Usage Ziv (2). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Probably from an unused root meaning to be prominent; properly, brightness (compare ziyv), i.e. (figuratively) the month of flowers; Ziv (corresponding to Ijar or May) -- Zif. see HEBREW ziyv
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