Abib and Nisan

[tonychanyt]

Deuteronomy 16:

1 “Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

Strong's Hebrew: 24. אָבִיב (abib) — 8 Occurrences

Abib is the name of the first month of the Jewish calendar.

Wiktionary:

From Hebrew אָבִיב (avív, literally “ears of barley”), hence “the season of beginning barley-crop”, because the grains start ripening at that time of year.

Wiki:

It begins about the time of the March equinox (March 21). Since the Babylonian captivity, this month has mainly been called Nisan.

Abib was the Canaanite name while Nisan was the Babylonian name.

 

[AlexB23]

Deuteronomy 16:


Strong's Hebrew: 24. אָבִיב (abib) — 8 Occurrences

Abib is the name of the first month of the Jewish calendar.

Wiktionary:


Wiki:


Abib was the Canaanite name while Nisan was the Babylonian name.

What brand of car did the Hebrew man buy on the first month of the Jewish Calendar?

A Nisan Altima.

 

[Reluctant Theologian]

Aviv also means 'spring' so e.g. the modern city Tel Aviv in Israel literally means 'Spring Hill'.