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Shavuot

Shavuot is a Jewish holiday that happens fifty days after Passover, celebrating spring harvest.

(noun)

An example of Shavuot is a day in late spring when Jewish peple gather to eat a dairy meal and study the Torah.

See Shavuot in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a Jewish holiday, the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost, originally celebrating the spring harvest, now chiefly commemorating the revelation of the Law at Mount Sinai: celebrated on the 6th & 7th days of Sivan

Origin: < Heb (chag-ha) shavuot, (the Feast of) Weeks < shavua, week < sheva, seven; akin to IE *septṃ, seven

See Shavuot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also Sha·bu·oth

noun
Judaism

A feast held on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan in commemoration of the revelation of the Law on Mount Sinai and the celebration of the wheat festival in ancient times. Also called Pentecost.

Origin:

Origin: Hebrew šābû‘ôt

Origin: , pl. of šābû‘a, week

Origin: , from šeba‘, seven; see šbע in Semitic roots

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