Abib

/ ɑˈbiːb /

noun

Origin of Abib¹

Hebrew ābhībh ear of grain, hence the month when grain was fresh

The Prophet had been transported from the place mentioned in chapter i:1 to Tel-abib, which was also on the river Chebar.

It must be killed on the fourteenth of the month Abib as the sun is setting, and the blood must be sprinkled with hyssop.

In chapter iii:15, the name of the place is given, it was at Tel-abib.

The festival of the New Moon might prevent him from fasting on Abib 1, 2.

(x.) The death of the firstborn, which occurred in April (Abib), was evidently not a natural calamity.

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