SUKKOTH


Meaning of SUKKOTH in English

noun plural but singular in construction

or suc·coth or suk·kot or suk·kos or suc·cot or suc·cos ˈsu̇ˌkōt(h), -ˌkōs, -_kəs

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Hebrew sukkōth, plural of sukkāh thicket, hut, booth, arbor

: a Jewish religious festival of thanksgiving celebrated originally as an autumn harvest festival that is commemorative of the temporary shelters of the Jews during their wandering in the wilderness and that begins on the 15th day of Tishri and lasts 7 days or 9 days with the annexed holidays of Shemini Atzereth and Simhath Torah — called also Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles

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