Shavuot
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Shavuot
from Hebrew shābhū`ōth , plural of shābhūā` week
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Local media said the incident occurred as people in the settlement of Teneh Omarim were gathering for prayers for the Jewish Shavuot festival.
From Reuters • May 26, 2023
The dish is also commonly served during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, as Nathan notes in a 2020 Tablet article.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2022
This one, to mark the start of the Jewish festival of Shavuot on 16 May, should not, on the face of it, have been any different.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2021
“Ahead of Shavuot, I stand with Britain’s Jews who should not have to endure the type of shameful racism we have seen today.”
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2021
Shavuot had come and gone, and Anya turned twelve and became a bat mitzvah, which meant she was responsible for her own actions and had to answer for consequences as a result of them.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
