Shevat

[ shuh-vaht, shvaht, shuh-vawt ]

noun
  1. the fifth month of the Jewish calendar.

Origin of Shevat

1
First recorded in 1530–40, from Hebrew shĕvāt, from Akkadian shabātu

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British Dictionary definitions for Shevat

Shevat

Shebat

/ (ʃɛˈvat) /


noun
  1. (in the Jewish calendar) the eleventh month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the fifth month of the civil year

Origin of Shevat

1
from Hebrew

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