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sum´ẽr (קיץ, kÌ£ayic; Aramaic קיט, kÌ£ayitÌ£ (), from קוּץ, kÌ£uÌ„c קוּט, kÌ£uÌ„tÌ£, “to cut off,†“to pluck or gather fruit,†hence, the time of fruit, summer (, ; , ); θεÌÏος, theÌros (; )): The Hebrew verb, mentioned above, occurs in , “to summer,†used of the ravenous birds feeding upon carcasses of the slain. The term “summer parlor†in (compare ) is literally, “upper room,†and is so rendered in the Revised Version (British and American). The summer was the dry season extending from April to October when usually no rain falls. Hence, the “drought of summer†(). See SEASONS.