Tevet
[ Sephardic Hebrew te-vet; Ashkenazic Hebrew tey-veys, -vuhs; English tey-veys, -veyt, -vuhs ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew tɛˈvɛt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈteɪ veɪs, -vəs; English ˈteɪ veɪs, -veɪt, -vəs /
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noun
the fourth month of the Jewish calendar.
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Origin of Tevet
From the Hebrew word tēbhēth
Words nearby Tevet
Teutonism, Teutonize, TeV, tevatron, Tevere, Tevet, Tevez, Tewa, Te Waipounamu, Tewkesbury, Tewksbury
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British Dictionary definitions for Tevet
Tevet
Tebet
/ (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
Word Origin for Tevet
from Hebrew
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