Another derivation of this root is the word אביב ('abib), meaning barley. Hence the name Tel Aviv. The plural of our word for father, namely אבות ('abot), fathers, is spelled identically to the plural of the word אוב ('ob), which appears to describe ...
text of the Bible (see Ber. ii. 3; Yer. Ber. 4d. 42), corresponding to the Aramaic "dayyeḳ lishana" ('Er. 53b); and it was the latter meaning ofthe word which gave rise to its subsequent use as the term for the grammatical investigation of Hebrew, the language of the Bible...
click to see {1} click to see {622} {24} — abiyb, aw-beeb; from an unused root (meaning to be tender); green, i.e. a young ear of grain; hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan: — Abib, ear, green ears of corn (not maize). 4 {25} — Abiy Gib`own, ab-ee g...