זיו

Hebrew

Noun

זִיו • (zív) m (plural indefinite זיווים / זִיוִים)

1. brightness, radiance, brilliance
   • 1923, Shaul Tchernichovsky, They Say There Is a Land 42–44, (first version)

     אוּלַי כְּבָר אֵינֶנָּה? / וַדַּאי נִטַּל זִיוָהּ.

     'uláy k'vár 'einéna? / vadáy nitál ziváh.

     Perhaps it is no longer there? / Certainly its brilliance has been taken away.