זִו
ziw

Hebrew noun

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning Ziw (month II)
Variants
זִו ziw
Edited by
Ziw (month II) month name, time interval

וַיְהִ֣י בִשְׁמוֹנִ֣ים שָׁנָ֣ה וְאַרְבַּ֣ע מֵא֣וֹת שָׁנָ֡ה לְצֵ֣את בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֩יִם֩ בַּשָּׁנָ֨ה הָרְבִיעִ֜ית בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ זִ֗ו ה֚וּא הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י לִמְלֹ֥ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּ֥בֶן הַבַּ֖יִת לַיהֹוָֽה׃

wayhî b̲išmônîm šānāh wəʾarbaʿ mēʾôt̲ šānāh ləṣēʾt̲ bənê-yiśrāʾēl mēʾereṣ-miṣrayim baššānāh hārəb̲îʿît̲ bəḥōd̲eš ziw hûʾ haḥōd̲eš haššēnî limlōk̲ šəlōmōh ʿal-yiśrāʾēl wayyib̲en habbayit̲ laʾd̲ōnāi.

‘In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv—that is, the second month—in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, Solomon began to build the House of GOD.’

— 1 Kings 6 1

Genre: religious text
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). זִו (Lemma #2549). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2549/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). זִו (Lemma #2549). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2549/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). זִו (Lemma #2549). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2549/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) זִו (Lemma #2549), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2549/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2549,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {זִו ({Lemma} #2549)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2549/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2549/},
}