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SHEBAT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February)
Synonyms:
Shebat; Shevat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Shebat" is a kind of...):
Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)
Holonyms ("Shebat" is a part of...):
Hebrew calendar; Jewish calendar ((Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years)