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