Aviv

Meanings

• The basic meaning of the word aviv is the stage in the growth of grain when the seeds have reached full size and are filled with starch, but have not dried yet. During the plague of hail, the barley was said to be aviv and the flax giv`ol. This resulted in their destruction.
• The month in the Hebrew calendar when the barley has reached or passed this stage is called Aviv, or the "month of the aviv": the seventh of the Jewish civil year, and the first of the Biblical ecclesiastical year. It begins about the time of the Northern spring equinox. Since the Babylonian captivity, this month has mainly been called Nisan. On the “day after the Shabbat”, the harvest was begun by gathering a sheaf of barley, which was offered as a sacrifice to God, when the Temple in Jerusalem existed.
• "Aviv" in modern Hebrew accordingly also means spring, one of the four seasons. Thus the major modern Israeli city of Tel Aviv means "Spring Hill".
• Since Passover is always celebrated on 15–21 Nisan, near the beginning of spring, "Holiday of Aviv". Pesach or Passover is always on the 14th of Nisan. The first day of Chag ha Matzoh or the Feast of Unleavened Bread is always the day after that, the 15th of Nisan. translit=Chag Ha'Aviv is an additional name for Passover.

  As a name

Given name

• Aviv Avraham, Israeli footballer
• Aviv Azaria, Israeli footballer
• Aviv Geffen, Israeli rock musician, singer, and songwriter
• Avraham Aviv Alush, Israeli actor, singer and model

  Surname

• Haim Aviv, Israeli molecular biologist
• Jonathan E. Aviv, American surgeon and professor
• Juval Aviv, Israeli-American security consultant and writer