| 单词 |
Shavuoth |
| 释义 |
Shavuoth|ʃəˈvuːəs, ʃɑːvʊˈɒt|
Also Shavuot, Shevuos, Shevuoth.
[a. Heb. šābû‘ôṯ, pl. of šābûa῾ week.]
= Pentecost 1. Cf. feast of weeks s.v. week n. 2 e.
1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto III. xii. 194 He died four years ago come next Shevuos. 1941G. G. Scholem Major Trends Jewish Mysticism viii. 297 An incident during the night before the feast of Shevuoth in 1665. 1944M. Samuel in M. W. Weisgal Chaim Weizmann i. 88 The Jews were more transfigured by their celebration of Shavuoth and Sukkoth than the Russian peasants by their thanksgiving celebrations. 1962New Jewish Encycl. 442/2 Since the early 1800's Shavuot has been generally the time when annual confirmation exercises are held. 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 338 Synagogues are decorated with greens on Shevuoth. 1975C. Potok In the Beginning i. 63 The last time I had been in the synagogue was about a week ago during the Festival of Shavuoth. 1981Amer. Speech LVI. 13 The word spelled Shavuot ‘Pentecost’ will almost always be read..with the traditional Yiddish or Ashkenazic pronunciation as if it were spelled Shevuos. |
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