Iyar ( Standard HebrewאיירIyyar, Tiberian HebrewאירʾIyyār: from Akkadianayyaru "Rosette; blossom") is the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year and the second month of the civil year on the Hebrew calendar. The name is Babylonian in origin. In the Bible it is called Zif. It is a spring month of 29 days.