Shevat
[ shuh-vaht, shvaht, shuh-vawt ]
noun
the fifth month of the Jewish calendar.
Origin of Shevat
1First recorded in 1530–40, from Hebrew shĕvāt, from Akkadian shabātu
- Also Shebat.
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British Dictionary definitions for Shevat
Shevat
Shebat
/ (ʃɛˈvat) /
noun
(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
1from Hebrew
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