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Sebat

Hebrew: שְׁבָט —transliteration: Shebat

also known as: Shevat, Shevat, Shvat and Shebat

This is the name of the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical Jewish year, extending from the new moon of February to that of March. Its first Biblical mention is in Zechariah 1:7. In the Jewish civil calendar, this is the fifth month.

The word is of foreign origin to the Jews and may have been adopted during the Babylonian exile.

Assyrian: sabatu —meaning: storm; as the month of destroying rain

The related Babylonian calendar name is Araḫ Šabaṭu.

Sample Biblical events that occured in this month

Jewish months

Month Number
Biblical
Ecclesiastical
Civil Name Days Rough
equivalent
1 7 Nisan / Abib 30 Mar–Apr
2 8 Zif (Ziv) / Iyar 29 Apr–May
3 9 Sivan / Siwan 30 May–Jun
4 10 Tammuz / Tamuz 29 Jun–Jul
5 11 Av / Ab 30 Jul–Aug
6 12 Elul 29 Aug–Sep
7 1 Ethanim / Tisri (Tishrei)) 30 Sep–Oct
8 2 Bul / Marcheshvan (Cheshvan) 29/30 Oct–Nov
9 3 Chisleu / Chislev / Kislev 30/29 Nov–Dec
10 4 Tebeth / Tevet 29 Dec–Jan
11 5 Sebat / Shevat / Shvat / Shebat 30 Jan–Feb
12 6 Adar 29 Feb–Mar

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Article Version: June 4, 2021