זִו

זִר apparently proper name of 2nd month, = approximately April-May, named as month of beginning the temple building; בְּחֹדֶשׁ זִו הוּא הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי 1 Kong 6,1 = בְּיֶרַח זִ֑ו v1 Kong 6,37 ᵐ5 B v1 Kong 6,1 has simply ἐν μηνὶ τῷ δευτέρῳ, v1 Kong 6,37 (in ᵐ5 v1 Kong 6,4) ἐν μηνὶ Νεισῷ καὶ τῷ δευτέρῳ μηνί ᵐ5 Manuscripts ἐν μηνὶ Ζιου μηνὶ τῷ δευτέρῳ; ᵐ5^L (only v1 Kong 6,37) ἐν δευτέρῳ μηνί, ἐν μηνὶ Ζιου; — (si vera lectio compare perhaps Aramaic זִיו brightness, freshness, so Biblical Aramaic Dan 2,31 +; compare ᵑ7 יֶרַח זִיו נִיצָנַיָּא month of brightness of flowers; Assyrian zîmu (zîvu), Dl^{Pr 152 f.} compare Nö^{ZMG 1886, 732}; Thes and others derive זִו, זִיו ( = זְהִיו) from זהה in sense be bright, splendid, etc., compare Arabic increase, thrive (of seed-produce), a beautiful and bright, or fresh, plant; Aramaic זְהָא, adjective זָהוֺהָא haughty, proud; glory, boast, be magnificent; yet compare Ol^{§ 174 near the end})

זוֺ, זוּ.