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shavuot

/ʃɑvuˈoʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
shavuot
IPA
/ʃɑvuˈoʊt/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

name

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.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת (shavu'ót).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: שָׁבוּעוֹת

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ʃɑvuˈoʊt/
  • British English: /ʃævuˈɒt/

Inflected Forms

Shabuos (alternative) Shabuot (alternative) Shabuoth (alternative) Shavuos (alternative) Shavuoth (alternative) Shevuos (alternative) Shevuoth (alternative) Shovuos (alternative) Shabungoth (alternative)

Synonyms

Feast of Weeks Festival of Weeks Pentecost shavous shabuoth shavuoth

Questions

How do you pronounce shavuot?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɑvuˈoʊt/.
What does shavuot mean?
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.
Where does shavuot come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

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