Tevet

Pronunciations

Tevet	(TAY-vet)
Tevet	(tey-VEHT)

Definitions

• n. The fourth month of the Jewish calendar (or tenth if counting from Nisan).
  

Example Sentences

• "The Talmud explains that the month of Tevet was a particularly opportune time, since the cold causes “the body to take pleasure from the body [of another].”" (source)
  

• "The month of Tevet is one of the darker, lowly months of the year." (source)
  

• "Although dark and difficult, Tevet is your opportunity to grow." (source)
  

• "With the exception of the closing days of Chanukah, the month of Tevet contains no Yom Tov or festive day." (source)
  

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Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• Heb. טֵבֵת > Yid. טבֿת teyves
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
• Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

Regions

• North America
• Great Britain
• South Africa
• Australia / New Zealand
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Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

Alternative Spellings

Teves