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Shevat

[shuh-vaht, shvaht, shuh-vawt]
noun
  1. the fifth month of the Jewish calendar.
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Also Shebat.
Compare Jewish calendar.

Origin of Shevat

First recorded in 1525–35, Shevat is from the Hebrew word shəbhāṭ
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British Dictionary definitions for shevat

Shevat

Shebat

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

from Hebrew
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