Hamishah Asar Bishevat
[ Sephardic Hebrew khah-mi-shah ah-sahr bi-shuh-vaht, -shvaht; Ashkenazic Hebrew, khah-mi-shaw aw-sawr, bih-shuh-vaht, -shvaht, khah-mi-shuh -aw-suhr ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew xɑ mɪˈʃɑ ɑˈsɑr bɪ ʃəˈvɑt, -ˈʃvɑt; Ashkenazic Hebrew, xɑ mɪˈʃɔ ɔˈsɔr, bɪ ʃəˈvɑt, -ˈʃvɑt, xɑˈmɪ ʃə ˈɔ sər /
noun Judaism.
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Origin of Hamishah Asar Bishevat
From Hebrew ḥamishshāh ʿāśār bishbhāṭ “fifteenth of (the month) Shevat”
Words nearby Hamishah Asar Bishevat
Hamilton, Alexander, Hamiltonian, Hamiltonianism, Hamilton Inlet, Hamiltonstovare, Hamishah Asar Bishevat, Hamite, Hamitic, Hamiticized, Hamito-Semitic, hamlet
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