Every Name in Tanakh

זִו Zif

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

Other nameGematria 13×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 6:1 and last at 1 Kings 6:37.

1 Kings 6:1מלכים א ו:א

וַיְהִי בִשְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְצֵאת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם בַּשָּׁנָה הָרְבִיעִית בְּחֹדֶשׁ זִו הוּא הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי לִמְלֹךְ שְׁלֹמֹה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּבֶן הַבַּיִת לַיהוָֽה

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

1 Kings 6:37מלכים א ו:לז

בַּשָּׁנָה הָֽרְבִיעִית יֻסַּד בֵּית יְהוָה בְּיֶרַח זִֽו

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Ziv.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Zif?

Zif — זו in Hebrew — has a gematria of 13 in the standard method.

How many times is Zif named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at 1 Kings 6:1.

A spelling is not a name. The written word זו stands 19 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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