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English

Shavuot

Shavuot comes from Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת.

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentשָׁבוּעוֹתshavu'ót
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1971Shavuot

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Hebrew1880s–presentשָׁבוּעוֹתshavu'ót
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1971Shavuot

Earliest quotation: 1971, United States Congress: Senate: Foreign : “Major Jewish holidays such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur,…”

Every English word from Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת

Today it means

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.

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Etymograph / Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת / Shavuot

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