Pronunciation: sh ə - ' vü- ˌ ō t, - ˌ ō th, - ˌ ō s, - ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew sh ā bh ū ' ō th, literally, weeks
Date: 1868
: a Jewish holiday observed on the sixth and seventh of Sivan in commemoration of the revelation of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai ― called also Pentecost