טֵבֵת
ṭēb̲ēt̲

Hebrew noun
loaned from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning Ṭebētu
Variants
טֵבֵת ṭēb̲ēt̲
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Ṭēb̲ēt̲ (month X) month name

וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח אֶסְתֵּ֜ר אֶל־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית מַלְכוּת֔וֹ בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִ֖י הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ טֵבֵ֑ת בִּשְׁנַת־שֶׁ֖בַע לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃

wattillāqaḥ ʾestēr ʾel-hammelek̲ ʾăḥašwērôš ʾel-bêt̲ malk̲ût̲ô baḥōd̲eš hāʿăśîrî hûʾ-ḥōd̲eš ṭēb̲ēt̲ bišnat̲-šeb̲aʿ ləmalk̲ût̲ô.

‘Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, in his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.’

— Esther 2 16

Genre: religious text


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). טֵבֵת (Lemma #2554). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2554/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). טֵבֵת (Lemma #2554). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2554/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). טֵבֵת (Lemma #2554). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2554/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) טֵבֵת (Lemma #2554), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2554/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2554,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {טֵבֵת ({Lemma} #2554)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2554/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2554/},
}