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sha·bu·oth noun or sha·bu·ot or sha·vu·oth or sha·vu·ot or sha·vu·os or she·vu·oth or she·vu·os \shəˈvüˌōt(h), -ˌōs, -_əs\ (plural shabuoths or shabuots or shavuoths or shavuots \-ˌōt(h)s, -ˌōs, -_əs\ ; or shavuos·es \-ˌōsə̇z, -_əsə̇z\ ; or shevuoths \-ˌōt(h)s, -ˌōs, -_əs\ ; or shevuos·es \-ˌōsə̇z, -əsə̇z\) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Hebrew shābhū'ōth, plural of shābhūa' week : a Jewish holiday observed on the 6th and 7th of Sivan and commemorating the revelation of the Law at Mt. Sinai and the wheat festival celebrated in biblical times 7 weeks or 50 days after the 16th of Nisan — called also Feast of Weeks, Pentecost |