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title: אָבִיב — green · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָבִיב (24), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: green. BDB 1906: n.m. coll. fresh, young ears Abib. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָבִיב

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«אָבִיב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **green** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 24 · **BDB:** אָבִיב

### Glosses

Abib (6); \[was\].young.barley.ear\[s\] (1); young.barley.ear\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

green [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/24/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. coll. fresh, young ears Abib [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/24/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Lv 2:14 coll. (LagBN 207 Inf.) fresh, young ears of barley Ex 9:31; indef. Lv 2:14 מִנְחַת בִּכּוּרִים ליהוה א׳ קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ. חֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִיב month of ear-forming, or of growing green, Abib, month of Exodus \& passover, Ex 13:4; 23:15; 34:18, 18 (JE), Dt 16:1, 1 (1st month = c. April = הָרִאשֹׁן, הַחֹדֶשׁ הָר׳ (q.v.) in P; v. Di Ex 12:2; = postexilic נִיסָן q.v.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָבִיב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/24/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 13:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.4/)

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הַיּ֖וֹם אַתֶּ֣ם יֹצְאִ֑ים בְּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הָאָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* this day you \[are\].about.to.go.out in the.month of.(the) Abib

*JPS 1917:* This day ye go forth in the month Abib.

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[Exodus 9:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.31/)

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וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֥ה וְהַשְּׂעֹרָ֖ה נֻכָּ֑תָה כִּ֤י הַשְּׂעֹרָה֙ אָבִ֔יב וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֖ה גִּבְעֹֽל׃

*Word for word:* and the flax and the barley it.was.struck (dm) the barley \[was\].young.barley.ear\[s\] and the flax \[was\].bud

*JPS 1917:* And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

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