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Tevet

or Te·bet

[ Sephardic Hebrew te-vet; Ashkenazic Hebrew tey-veys, -vuhs; English tey-veys, -veyt, -vuhs ]

noun

  1. the fourth month of the Jewish calendar.


Tevet

/ teˈvet /

noun

  1. (in the Jewish calendar) the tenth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the fourth month of the civil year, usually falling within December and January


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Tevet1

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Hebrew tēvēth, from Akkadian ṭebētu

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Tevet1

from Hebrew

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