ziv is used as the name of a month in dating the beginning and founding of the LORD's house.

The term is attested as a proper month name in chronological notices: it dates both the building of the LORD's house and its founding.

1. Month name in building dates · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and occur in dating clauses. In 1 Kings 6:1 the APB renders "in the month of Ziv (that is the second month)" as the date when Solomon built the house for the LORD; in 1 Kings 6:37 it likewise places the house's founding "in the month of Ziv."

   1 Kings 6:11 Kings 6:37

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term explicitly as "the month of Ziv" in both verses, adding "that is the second month" in 1 Kings 6:1. The verse is read as a whole, but both clauses use it as a date marker.