English Explanatory Dictionary

Shavuot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Jewish harvest festival which falls on the sixth day of Sivan in the spring, fifty days after the second day of the Passover when the omer (“sheaf of barley”) is offered.
  2. A ceremony held on that day to commemorate the giving of the Torah (“first five books of the Hebrew scriptures”) to Moses and the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

Pronunciation

/ʃɑvuˈoʊt/ /ʃævuˈɒt/ /ʃəˈvuːəs/

Word forms

Shavuot Shabuos Shabuot Shabuoth Shavuos Shavuoth Shevuos Shevuoth Shovuos Shabungoth

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת (shavu'ót).

Synonyms

Feast of Weeks Festival of Weeks Pentecost
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