Tevet

American

[te-vet, tay-vays, -vuhs, tay-vays, -vayt, -vuhs] / tɛˈvɛt, ˈteɪ veɪs, -vəs, ˈteɪ veɪs, -veɪt, -vəs /

Or Tebet

noun

the fourth month of the Jewish calendar.

Tevet British

/ teˈvet /

noun

(in the Jewish calendar) the tenth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the fourth month of the civil year, usually falling within December and January

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Etymology

Origin of Tevet

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Hebrew tēvēth, from Akkadian ṭebētu

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