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Shevat

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She·vat  (sh-vät, shvät) also She·bat (sh-bät, -vät)
n.
The fifth month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See Table at calendar.

[Hebrew b, from Akkadian abu, a month name; see b in Semitic roots.]

Shevat, Shebat [ʃɛˈvat]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) (in the Jewish calendar) the eleventh month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the fifth month of the civil year
[from Hebrew]
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Noun1.Shevat - the fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February)
Hebrew calendar, Jewish calendar - (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years
Jewish calendar month - a month in the Jewish calendar


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