שְׁבָט

šəb̲āṭ

Hebrew · noun

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-03

Meanings

1. Šabāṭ (month XI)

1.a Šabāṭ (month XI) month name, time interval

בְּיוֹם֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֜ה לְעַשְׁתֵּֽי־עָשָׂ֥ר חֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ שְׁבָ֔ט בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּן־בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּ בֶּן־עִדּ֥וֹא הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר׃

bəyôm ʿeśrîm wəʾarbāʿāh ləʿaštê-ʿāśār ḥōd̲eš hûʾ-ḥōd̲eš šəb̲āṭ bišnat̲ šətayim ləd̲ārəyāweš hāyāh d̲əb̲ar-YHWH ʾel-zək̲aryāh ben-berek̲yāhû ben-ʿiddôʾ hannāb̲îʾ lēʾmōr.

‘On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month of the second year of Darius—the month of Shebat—this word of GOD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo:’

— Zechariah 1 7

Genre: religious text

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). שְׁבָט (Lemma #2555). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2555/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). שְׁבָט (Lemma #2555). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2555/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). שְׁבָט (Lemma #2555). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2555/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2024) שְׁבָט (Lemma #2555), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2555/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac2555,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {שְׁבָט ({Lemma} #2555)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2555/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2555/},
}