Sha|bu|oth

Sha|bu|oth
Sha|bu|oth or Sha|bu|ot «shah VOO ohth, -oht», noun.
a Jewish festival, seven weeks after the beginning of Passover, celebrating the harvest and the giving of the Torah to Moses; Pentecost; Feast of Weeks. Also, Shavuos, Shavuot, Shavuoth.
[< Hebrew shabuoth (literally) weeks, plural of shaā]

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  • Sha|vu|oth — or Sha|vu|ot «shah VOO ohth, oht», noun. = Shabuoth. (Cf. ↑Shabuoth) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sha|bu|ot — Sha|bu|oth or Sha|bu|ot «shah VOO ohth, oht», noun. a Jewish festival, seven weeks after the beginning of Passover, celebrating the harvest and the giving of the Torah to Moses; Pentecost; Feast of Weeks. Also, Shavuos, Shavuot, Shavuoth. ╂[<… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sha|vu|ot — Sha|vu|oth or Sha|vu|ot «shah VOO ohth, oht», noun. = Shabuoth. (Cf. ↑Shabuoth) …   Useful english dictionary

  • oth — az·oth; dy·oth·e·lite; dy·oth·e·lit·ism; oth·er·ness; oth·er·some; oth·er·wise·ness; sha·bu·oth; an·oth·er; oth·er; oth·er·wise; dy·oth·e·lete; dy·oth·e·let·ism; oth·er di·rect·ed·ness; …   English syllables

  • sha — amue·sha; aru·sha; ba·sha; be·li·sha; chang·sha; cha·wa·sha; fa·la·sha; fo·sha·gite; gau·sha·la; gei·sha; ho·sha·na; jin·rik·i·sha; ka·sha; kin·sha·sa; mo·sha·va; nak·sha·tra; ni·sha·da; ori·sha; pa·sha·dom; pe·sha·war; pra·ti·mok·sha; pu·ru·sha; …   English syllables

  • shabuoth — sha·bu·oth …   English syllables

  • Shavuoth — Sha•vu•oth or Sha•vu•ot [[t]ʃəˈvu oʊs, ʃɑ vuˈɔt[/t]] n. jud a Jewish festival, celebrated on the sixth or sixth and seventh days of Sivan, that commemorates God s giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses Also called Feast of Weeks Pentecost… …   From formal English to slang

  • Shabuoth — Sha•bu•oth or Sha•bu•ot [[t]ʃəˈvu oʊs, ʃɑ vuˈɔt[/t]] n. jud Shavuoth …   From formal English to slang

  • Shabuoth — Sha|bu|oth →↑Pentecost …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Shavuot — [shä vo͞o′ōt, shə vo͞o′ōs] n. 〚< Heb (chag ha) shavuot, (the Feast of) Weeks < shavua, week < sheva, seven; akin to IE * septṃ, seven〛 a Jewish holiday, the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost, originally celebrating the spring harvest, now chiefly… …   Universalium

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