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Shavuot en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ʃɑvuˈoʊt/ (General-American)
• /ʃævuˈɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ʃəˈvuːɪs/
• /ʃəˈvuːəs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת (shavu'ót).

Meanings

1. (Judaism) 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.
   • Major Jewish holidays such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Simchat Torah, Succoth, Chanukah, Passover and Shavuot have been celebrated with Hebrew prayers and songs. 1971, United States Congress: Senate: Foreign Relations, Public Financing of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty
   • On the first day of Shavuot the Ten Commandments were explained to the people homiletically in the vernacular. 1975, Israel Zinberg, Old Yiddish Literature from Its Origins to the Haskalah Period:
2. (Judaism) 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.

Forms

Synonyms

Festival of Weeks · Pentecost · Pentecost · Feast of Weeks · Festival of Weeks · Feast of Weeks

Translations (27)

mi Petekoha (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · ca Pentecosta (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · fi helluntai (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · nl Wekenfeest (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · lsd איד זיארא (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · pl Święto Żniw (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · lb Päischten (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · nn pinse (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · ru шавуо́т (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · pl Święto Tygodni (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · ar שבועות (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · pl Szawuot (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · pt Shavuot (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · it Pentecoste (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · pl Pięćdziesiątnica (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · nn pins (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · mr शावुओथ (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · de Erntefest (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · pl Święto Zbiorów (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · de Schawuot (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · fi šavuot (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · he שָׁבוּעוֹת (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · yi שבֿועות (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · fr Chavouot (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · nb pinse (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · de Wochenfest (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan) · lsd איז זיארא (Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan)

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