SHABUOTH


Meaning of SHABUOTH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ shə-ˈvü-ˌōt, -ˌōth, -ˌōs, -əs ]

noun

Etymology: Hebrew shābhū‘ōth, 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

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