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