Shevat

She·vat

 (shə-vät′, shvät) also She·bat (shə-bät′, -vät′)

n.

The eleventh month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See Table at calendar.

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[Hebrew šəbāṭ, from Akkadian šabāṭu, a month name; see šbṭ in Semitic roots.]

Shevat

(ʃɛˈvat) or

Shebat

n

(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]

She•vat

(ʃəˈvɑt, -ˈvɔt)

also Shebat

n.

the fifth month of the Jewish calendar.

[1525–35; < Hebrew shəbhāṭ]

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Shevat - the fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February) Shebat 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