אָבִיב
ʾāb̲îb̲

Hebrew noun

Last edited: 2024-12-03
Primary meaning Abib (month I)
Literal translation spring
Variants
אָבִיב ʾāb̲îb̲
Edited by
Abib (month I) month name, time interval

אֶת־חַ֣ג הַמַּצּוֹת֮ תִּשְׁמֹר֒ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִים֩ תֹּאכַ֨ל מַצּ֜וֹת כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֗ךָ לְמוֹעֵד֙ חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽאָבִ֔יב כִּי־ב֖וֹ יָצָ֣אתָ מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וְלֹא־יֵרָא֥וּ פָנַ֖י רֵיקָֽם׃

ʾet̲-ḥag̲ hammaṣṣôt̲ tišmōr šib̲ʿat̲ yāmîm tōʾk̲al maṣṣôt̲ kaʾăšer ṣiwwît̲ik̲ā ləmôʿēd̲ ḥōd̲eš hāʾāb̲îb̲ kî-b̲ô yāṣāʾt̲ā mimmiṣrāyim wəlōʾ-yērāʾû p̲ānai rêqām.

‘You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread—eating unleavened bread for seven days as I have commanded you—at the set time in the month of Abib, for in it you went forth from Egypt; and none shall appear before Me empty-handed;’

— Exodus 23 15

Genre: religious text
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אָבִיב (Lemma #2548). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2548/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אָבִיב (Lemma #2548). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2548/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אָבִיב (Lemma #2548). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2548/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) אָבִיב (Lemma #2548), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2548/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2548,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {אָבִיב ({Lemma} #2548)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2548/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2548/},
}