Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month. The general plan of the nine following visions (Zechariah 1:8 to end of Zechariah 6:1-15) is first to present the symbol, then, on a question being put, to subjoin the interpretation. Though the visions are distinct, they form one grand whole, presented in one night to the prophet's mind, two or three months after the prophet's first commission (Zechariah 1:1).
Which is the month Sebat - the eleventh month of the Jewish year, from the new moon in February to the new moon in March. The term ShªbaaT (H7627), is Chaldee, but is akin to the Hebrew х sheebeT (H7626)], a shoot-namely, the month when trees begin to shoot or bud.