The 14^th day is Passover; 15^th-21^st day is the Feast of Unleavened Bread; and 16^th Day of Firstfruits.

    Abib (Exodus 13:4; 23:15; 34:18; Deut. 16:1, "in the time appointed of the month A'-bib," the Sacred Year began in the Spring (March-April) A'-bib).
Tropical: Feb. 14-Mar. 15, Gregorian: Mar. 16-Apr. 14, Julian: Mar. 30-Apr. 28.

• Hebrew 'abiyb, aw-beeb', also 'aviv, 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, ear, green ears of corn.
  • The Hebrew 'abib is the first month in the Hebrew calendar.
• After the Exile it was renamed as Nisan (Neh. 2:1; Ester 3:7 (ni'-san) "in the first month, that is, the month Ni'-san" in the spring).
  • Hebrew Niyçan, nee-sawn', probably of foreign origin, the seventh month of the Jewish calendar (first month of the sacred year - Hebrew).    The Hebrew meaning "ripening of corn" or "month of the ripening ears" or literally the first fruits, "a green ear," or "green ears of the barley."
  • Akkadian nissanu is the first month of the year.
    • One source claims that the Akkadian Nisannu is the same as the Sumerian BAR.ZAG.GAR (seen in Aries constellation information).    This claims that the Sumerian BAR, means "month," but as seen in the Sumerian UR.BAR.RA, "the seed of heavenly plow."
    • From www.lexiline.com it claims,
      • "The 1st of Nisannu, the agrarian worker, Sumerian LU.CHUN.GA (Aries) is visible."
      • "The 20th of Nisannu, the crooked staff GAM (see Auriga constellation information in Taurus), 10 days to the rise of MUL.MUL, opposite KUMARU of the Leopard UD.KA.DUCH.A."
        • Other Auriga connections:
          • Sumerian GÀM, Akkadian gamlu, "The Crook," one source claims that it is associated with Auriga, but it seems to fit better with Leo, and the Sumerian words for the "curved weapon."
            • Sumerian gàm: n., sickle; handle; v., to shine, glitter.
  • Sumerian nisag₍₂₎: governor; first fruits (offering) (ní, 'self; vigor', + sag, 'first').
• Canaanite derivation: "move," "start," is the first month of the ecclesiastical year or the vernal equinox.
  • Move.
    • Hebrew ra'ash, raw-ash, a primary root to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particully through fear, specially to spring (as a locust), make afraid, (re-) move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to) tremble.
    • Hebrew 'abad (Chald.), ab-ad', corresponds to Heb. 'abad, aw-bad', a primary root to work, thus to do, make, prepare, keep, etc., cut, do, execute, go on, make, move, work.
  • Start (i.e. begin).
    • Hebrew y^eçud, yes-ood', from Heb. yaçad, yaw-sad', a primary root to set (lit. or fig.) intens. to found, thus a foundation (fig. i.e. beginning), began.
  • Other words for First or Firstfruits.
    • Hebrew t^echillah, tekh-il-law', from Heb. chalal, khaw-lal', to begin, thus in the sense of opening, a commencement, rel. original (adv. -ly), begin (-ning), first (time).
    • Hebrew bikkuwr, bik-koor', from Hebrew bakar, baw-hkar', a primary root properly to burst the womb, bear or make early fruit (of a woman or tree), thus the first-fruits of the crop, first fruit (-ripe [fig.]), hasty fruit.
    • Greek aparche, ap-ar-khay', from a comp. of Gr. apo, apo, a primary particle, "off," away and Gr. archomai, ar'-khom-ahee, to commence, thus a beginning of sacrifice, i.e. the (Jewish) first-fruit (fig.), first-fruits.
  
  
• Hebrew Abib is the month when spring rains coupled with melting mountain snows fills the streams and rivers.
  • Then the barley
    • Hebrew se'orah, seh-o-raw', or se'owrah, (fem. meaning the plant), and (masc. meaning the grain), also Heb. se'or, seh-ore', or se'owr, from Heb. sa'ar, saw-ar', a prim. root to storm, thus in the sense of roughness, barley (as villose).
    • Sumerian še: barley; grain.
  • and flax is harvested.
    • Hebrew pishtah, pish-taw', fem. of Heb. pishteh, pish-teh', from the same as Heb. pash as in the sense of comminuting, linen (i.e. the thread, as carded), flax, linen, thus flax, by implication a wick, flax, tow.
    • Sumerian gu: thread; wool yarn; flax; hemp; net; orig. word for needle.
      • Sumerian gada: flax; linen (clothing) (gu, 'flax, thread', + da5, 'to surround', or da, 'to protect').
  
  
• Of note is the Roman phrase Princeps Signorum Coelestium which means "the indicator of the first day of spring."
  
  
• A note here of the seasons of the year in the following:
  • Autumn and Winter.
    • Hebrew choreph, kho'-ref, from Heb. charaph, khaw-raf', a primary root to pull off, to spend the winter, properly the crop gathered, by implication the autumn (an winter) season, thus cold, winter.
    • Sumerian enten(a): winter (en, 'time', + ten, 'cold', + a(k), 'of').
  • Spring.
    • Hebrew deshe', deh'-sheh, from Heb. dasha', daw-shaw', a primary root to sprout, bring forth, spring, thus a sprout, by analogy grass, (tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.
    • Hebrew shachiyç, shaw-khece', or çachiysh, saw-kheesh', from an unused root apparently meaning to sprout, after-growth, (that) which springeth of the same.
  • Summer.
    • Hebrew qayits, kah'-yits, from Heb. quwts, koots, a primary root to clip off, to spend the harvest season, summer, thus harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season, summer (fruit, house).
    • Sumerian émeš: summer.

    In the Tablets from pre-Sargonic (before 2334 B.C.) the Calendar of Ur give us nine month names, however their order is not known.    The following is one of those nine names:

• 1) Sumerian iti še-kin-[ku5]:
  (iti, month + še, barley, grain + kin, task, work, seek + [ku5], [to cut off, to cut, to separate, to curse]) since še-gur10-ku5: harvest ('grain' + 'sickle' + 'to cut').
  • This month must mean in general, "The Month To Work To Separate The Barley."
  • Another source claims that Sumerian iti še-kin-[ku5] and she-kin-[ku5] is the Sumerian she, barley, and Sumerian ku, "to eat," or "determiner."
  • Sumerian še-kin-ku5: or she-kin-[ku5] (barley + task + to cut).
• Sumerian itud, itid, itu, iti, id₈; it₄, id₄: moon; month; moonlight (te, 'to approach, meet', + ud, 'sun').
• Sumerian še: barley; grain; a small length measure = 3.33 centimeter; 1/180 of a gín or shekel of silver (cf., še-ga/ge).
  • Sumerian šè: n., portion. prep., to, unto, as far as, up to; as regards, concerning; because of, for the sake of; until (terminative suffix and in Old Sumerian period terminative prefix).
  • Sumerian še₆: (cf., šeg₆).
  • Sumerian še₇: (cf., šèg).
  • Sumerian še₈: (cf., šéš).
  • Sumerian še₁₀: excrement, dung.
• Sumerian kíg, kin: n., message, order; task, work. v., to seek, fetch (with locative-terminative -ni-); to send; to order (reduplication class).
  • Sumerian kin: (cf., kíg).
  • Sumerian ki...kíg, kin: to seek (with -ši- denoting the object of the search) ('place, ground' + 'to seek, scour').
  • Sumerian unkin, ukkin: communal assembly, folkmoot (ù a/un, 'people', + kíg/kin, 'to seek, fetch').
• Sumerian kud, kur₅, ku5: to cut off (with -ta-); to breach (a dike); to separate; to levy tax or tribute; to curse (regularly followed by rá; cf., kìr and gur₁₀).
  • Sumerian ku5: (cf., kud).
  • Sumerian gu₇, kú: n., food, sustenance. v., to eat, swallow, consume; to eat up, finish off; to feed, nurse, benefit (with -ni-).

    The following has an opposing connection with the Seventh month of Libra on Jericho, "city of the moon."
    The other New Year festival of the city of the moon, is a celebration of the triumph of Nanna, the moon over the sun, Utu.    See early notes about the Feast of Trumpets or New Moon.

    Jericho (jer'-ik-o).

• Hebrew Yeriychow, yer-ee-kho', or Yerechow, yer-ay-kho', or variation in 1 Kings 16:34 Yeriychoh, yer-ee-kho', perhaps from Heb. yareach, yaw-ray'-akh, from the same as Heb. yerach, yeh'-rakh, from an unused root of uncertain significance, a lunation, i.e. month, moon, thus the moon, thus its month, or else from Heb. ruwach, roo'-akh, a primary root properly to blow, i.e. breathe; only (lit.) to smell, thus fragrant, Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine, also by extension a region of the sky.
  • Other sources claim Heb. yereho, yeriho, Gr. Iericho, moon city.

    This is the Moon New Year verses the Sun New Year.

    Utu, the sun, New Year festivals. Autumnal Equinox.

• Sumerian utu: (cf., ud).
  • Sumerian ud, u₄: n., sun; light; day; time; weather; storm (demon). prep., when; since.
    • Sumerian u₄: (cf., ud).
      • Sumerian a-u₄-te-na: at the cool of the day ('when' + 'day' + ten, 'coolness').
  • Sumerian útu: a dish prepared with milk.
  • Sumerian ud₅: (cf., ùz).

    The Phases of the Moon: Moon, Month.

New Moon:

• Hebrew chodesh, kho'-desh, from Heb. chadash, khaw-dash', a primary root, to be new; to rebuild, renew, repair, thus the new moon, by implication a month, new moon.
  • Hebrew chadrak, khad-rawk', of uncertain der., Chadrak, a Syrian deity, Hadrach.
    • This could be star name Hadar mentioned under Centaurus.
    • It also could be Hadad or Adad, seen as Hebrew 'adad, ad-ad', properly an orth. variation for Heb. Chadad, Adad, (or Hadad).
• Sumerian é-u₄-sar: new moon ('house' + 'to begin').

• Hebrew yareach, yaw-ray'-akh, from the same as Heb. yerach, yeh'-rakh, from an unused root of uncertain significance; a lunation, i.e. month, moon, thus the moon.
• Hebrew lebanah, leb-aw-naw', from Heb. laban, law-ban', primary root, to be (or become) white; also (as denom. from Heb. lebenah, leb-ay-naw', a brick (from the whiteness of the clay), (altar of) brick, tile) thus to make bricks: make brick, be (made, make) white; thus properly (the) white, i.e. the moon).
• Sumerian é-u₄-7: first crescent moon ('house' + 'day 7').

• Hebrew kece', keh'-seh, or keceh, apparently from Heb. kacah, kaw-saw', prim. root to plump, fill up hollows, to cover, thus properly fullness or the full moon, i.e. its festival, (time) appointed.
• Sumerian é-u₄-15: full moon ('house' + 'day 15').