Category:Zif

Zif, n. Etym: [heb. ziv.]

Defn: the second month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, Corresponding to our may.

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Zif - Brightness; splendour; i.e., "the flower month," mentioned only in 1 Kings 6:1, 1 Kings 6:37, as the "second month." It was called Iyar by the later Jews. (See MONTH.)