Shavuot
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Shavuot
from Hebrew shābhū`ōth , plural of shābhūā` week
Example Sentences
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From Demeter mourning Persephone to the harvest holidays of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot, we’ve always marked time through the land.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025
The attacked happened on the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025
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
Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the images, which came just before the Jewish festival of Shavuot.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2021
Then, just before Shavuot, the celebration of receiving the Torah, her sideways life flipped completely when Håkon, the last dragon in Kievan Rus’, appeared in her village and saved her life.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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