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shabuoth

Main Entry:: Sha·bu·oth
Pronunciation:: \shə-ˈvü-ˌōt, -ˌōth, -ˌōs, -əs\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Hebrew shābhūʽōth, literally, weeks
Date:: 1868

: a Jewish holiday observed on the sixth and seventh of Sivan in commemoration of the revelation of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai —called also Pentecost

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