אביב

Aramaic

Noun

אביב • (transliteration needed)

1. inflection of אביבא:
   1. singular indefinite
   2. singular construct state form

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b)

Etymology

From the root meaning "to be thick," "to swell," or "to ripen." Possible cognate to Arabic أَبّ (ʔabb, “pasture, herbage”). Not related to Coptic ⲉⲡⲓⲡ (epip, “November”), a false friend.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aˈviv/

• (file)

Noun

אָבִיב • (avív) m (plural indefinite אֲבִיבִים, singular construct אָבִיב־) [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. spring, the season before summer and after winter
2. early stage of ripening, especially of grains
   • Tanach, Exodus 9:31, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:

     וְהַפִּשְׁתָּה וְהַשְּׂעֹרָה נֻכָּתָה כִּי הַשְּׂעֹרָה אָבִיב וְהַפִּשְׁתָּה גִּבְעֹל׃

     V-ha-pishtá v-ha-ś'orá nukáta ki ha-ś'orá avív v-ha-pishtá giv'ól.

     The flax and barley have been destroyed, since the barley was ripe, and the flax had formed stalks.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 7a:

     וּכְתִיב "שָׁמוֹר אֶת חֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב." אֵיזֶהוּ חֹדֶשׁ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ אָבִיב? הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר זֶה נִיסָן וְקָרֵי לֵיהּ רִאשׁוֹן

     U-khtív "shamór et ḥódesh ha-avív." Eízehu ḥódesh she-yesh bo avív? Hevé omér zeh Nisán v-qaréi leih rishón.

     And it is written, "Guard the month of early ripening." Which is the month in which there is early ripening? One must say that it is Nissan, and they call it first.

3. season of beginning barley-crop, (Biblical Hebrew) the month of Nissan, corresponding to around April, the month in which the barley crop begins to ripen.
   • Tanach, Exodus 34:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אֶת־חַג הַמַּצּוֹת תִּשְׁמֹר שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ לְמוֹעֵד חֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב כִּי בְּחֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב יָצָאתָ מִמִּצְרָיִם׃

     Et ḥag ha-Matzót tishmór shiv'át yamím tokhál matzót ashér tsivitíkha l'mo'éd ḥódesh ha-aviv ki b-ḥódesh ha-aviv yatsáta mi-Mitsráyim.

     The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 7a:

     וּכְתִיב "שָׁמוֹר אֶת חֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב." אֵיזֶהוּ חֹדֶשׁ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ אָבִיב? הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר זֶה נִיסָן וְקָרֵי לֵיהּ רִאשׁוֹן

     U-khtív "shamór et ḥódesh ha-avív." Eízehu ḥódesh she-yesh bo avív? Hevé omér zeh Nisán v-qaréi leih rishón.

     And it is written, "Guard the month of early ripening." Which is the month in which there is early ripening? One must say that it is Nissan, and they call it first.

4. also, the offering of the first fruits (בכורים) (on Passover)
   • Tanach, Leviticus 2:14, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְאִם־תַּקְרִיב מִנְחַת בִּכּוּרִים לַיהוָה אָבִיב קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ גֶּרֶשׂ כַּרְמֶל תַּקְרִיב אֵת מִנְחַת בִּכּוּרֶיךָ׃

     V-im taqrív minḥát bikkurím lAdonái avív qalúy ba-esh géresh karmél taqrív et minḥát bikkurékha.

     And if thou bring a meal-offering of first-fruits unto the LORD, thou shalt bring for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits corn in the ear parched with fire, even groats of the fresh ear.

5. (in the plural) years of one's life

Coordinate terms

(season):

• קַיִץ m (káyits, “summer”)
• סתיו / סְתָו m (s'táv, “autumn”)
• חורף / חֹרֶף m (khóref, “winter”)

Derived terms

• אֲבִיבִי m (aviví)
• תֵּל אָבִיב f (Tel Avív)

Proper noun

אָבִיב • (avív) m [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. a male given name
2. Abib (biblical figure)
3. Abib (month)