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).
| OLD TESTAMENT | ||
| HEBREW | ENGLISH | REFERENCE |
| ‘abiyb | ear | Exodus 9:31 |
| ‘abiyb | Abib | Exodus 13:4 Exodus 23:15 Exodus 34:18 a Exodus 34:18 b Deuteronomy 16:1 a Deuteronomy 16:1 b |
| ‘abiyb | ears | Leviticus 2:14 |