English Explanatory Dictionary

Shemini Atzeret

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Jewish holiday (holy day) occurring on the eighth day after the start of Sukkot.

Word forms

Shemini Atzeret Shemini Atzereth Shmini Atseret Shmini Atzeret

Etymology

From Hebrew שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת (šəmînî ‘ăṣéreṯ, literally “the eight of assembly”).

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