Shavuoth
or Sha·vu·ot, Sha·vu·os, Sha·bu·oth, Sha·bu·ot
[ Sephardic Hebrew shah-voo-awt; Ashkenazic Hebrew shuh-voo-ohs, -uh s ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew ʃɑ vuˈɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ʃəˈvu oʊs, -əs /
noun Judaism.
a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
Also called
Feast of Weeks,
Pentecost.
Origin of Shavuoth
First recorded in 1890–95,
Shavuoth is from the Hebrew word
Shābhūʿōth literally, weeks
Example sentences from the Web for shavuot
There is an odd convergence of themes around the festival of Shavuot.
In honor of the confluence of Memorial Day and Shavuot, Open Zion is taking the day off.
She will celebrate Shavuot holiday in Israel and stay nine days total, during which she will travel and perform.
British Dictionary definitions for shavuot
Word Origin for Shavuot
from Hebrew
shābhū`ōth, plural of
shābhūā` week