Shevat

[shuh-vaht, shvaht, shuh-vawt]

noun

1. the fifth month of the Jewish calendar.

Shevat

/ ʃɛˈvat /

noun

1. (in the Jewish calendar) the eleventh month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the fifth month of the civil year

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shevat¹

First recorded in 1530–40, from Hebrew shĕvāt, from Akkadian shabātu

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shevat¹

from Hebrew

Example Sentences

One of her clients, Amir Shevat, told the BBC that Twitter boss Elon Musk had "failed" in his leadership of the firm.

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Two more laid-off employees, Amir Shevat and Adrian Trejo Nuñez, also spoke at Bloom’s conference; both are pursuing their own arbitration claims against Musk.

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Amir Shevat, whose Twitter bio says he works on the company's developer products, posted on the service soon after news of Musk's termination, "End of season one - what a cliffhanger..."

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According to Shevat, the hope is to encourage a mutually beneficial relationship between Twitter and third-party developers.

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Amir Shevat, Twitter’s head of product for developers, got the job by offering similar criticism to Mr. Dorsey and Mr. Agrawal.

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