Shavuot
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת (shavu'ót).
Pronunciation edit
- Israeli/Sephardic Hebrew influenced:
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʃɑvuˈoʊt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʃævuˈɒt/
- Yiddish/Ashkenazic Hebrew influenced:
Proper noun edit
Shavuot
- A Jewish holiday that occurs in the spring, a harvest festival, also commemorating the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
- 1971, United States Congress: Senate: Foreign Relations, Public Financing of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty:
- Major Jewish holidays such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Simchat Torah, Succoth, Chanukah, Passover and Shavuot have been celebrated with Hebrew prayers and songs.
- 1975, Israel Zinberg, Old Yiddish Literature from Its Origins to the Haskalah Period:
- On the first day of Shavuot the Ten Commandments were explained to the people homiletically in the vernacular.
- 1971, United States Congress: Senate: Foreign Relations, Public Financing of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty:
Synonyms edit
- (Jewish holiday): Shavuos, Feast of Weeks, Pentecost
Translations edit
Jewish holiday
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת.
Proper noun edit
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