Shavuot

English Alternative forms en Shabuos Shabuot Shabuoth Shavuos Shavuoth Shevuos Shevuoth Shovuos en Shabungoth Sephardic Etymology Borrowed from en he שָׁבוּעוֹת shavu'ót. Pronunciation Israeli/Sephardic Hebrew influenced: en /ʃɑvuˈoʊt/ GA en /ʃævuˈɒt/ RP Yiddish/Ashkenazic Hebrew influenced: en /ʃəˈvuːəs/ /ʃəˈvuːɪs/ Proper noun en Q201196en 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 en omer sheaf of barley is offered. en Feast of Weeks Festival of Weeks Pentecost 1971, United States Congress: Senate: Foreign Relations, Public Financing of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty: Major Jewish holidays such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Simchat Torah, Succoth, Chanukah, Passover and Shavuot have been celebrated with Hebrew prayers and songs. en 1975 Israel Zinberg Old Yiddish Literature from Its Origins to the Haskalah Period On the first day of Shavuot the Ten Commandments were explained to the people homiletically in the vernacular. A ceremony held on that day to commemorate the giving of the en Torah first five books of the Hebrew scriptures to Moses and the Israelites on Mount Sinai. en Feast of Weeks Festival of Weeks Pentecost Translations Jewish harvest festival on the sixth day of Sivan Arabic: ar Judeo-Arabic: ar שבועות shabuʕot Aramaic: Lishana Deni: lsd איד זיארא ʾeḏ-zyāṛa, lsd איז זיארא ʾezyāṛa Zakho Catalan: ca Pentecosta f Dutch: nl Wekenfeest n Finnish: fi šavuot, fi helluntai French: fr Chavouot German: de Schawuot n-p, de Wochenfest n, de Erntefest n Hebrew: he שָׁבוּעוֹת m shavu'ót Italian: it Pentecoste f Luxembourgish: lb Päischten Māori: mi Petekoha Marathi: mr शावुओथ Norwegian: Bokmål: nb pinse m f Nynorsk: nn pins m f, nn pinse m f Polish: pl Pięćdziesiątnica f, pl Szawuot m, pl Święto Tygodni n, pl Święto Zbiorów n, pl Święto Żniw n Portuguese: pt Shavuot m Russian: ru шавуо́т m Spanish: es Yiddish: yi שבֿועות m shvues en Holidays Portuguese Etymology pt :bor he:שָׁבוּעוֹת + 1 Proper noun m pt Judaism en Shavuot; Pentecost Jewish spring festival pt Holidays