About WEEKS

Hebrew Name

שָׁבוּעוֹת

English Name

WEEKS

Phonetic Spelling

SHA-VOO-OTE

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What does WEEKS mean?

Shavuot, Hebrew for “weeks,” is the name of one of the three pilgrimage festivals during which Jews in ancient Israel would travel to Jerusalem.

וּבְי֣וֹם הַבִּכּוּרִ֗ים בְּהַקְרִ֨יבְכֶ֜ם מִנְחָ֤ה חֲדָשָׁה֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה בְּשָׁבֻעֹ֖תֵיכֶ֑ם מִֽקְרָא־קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם כׇּל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃
On the day of the first fruits, your festival of Shavuot, when you bring an offering of new grain to Hashem, you shall observe a sacred occasion: you shall not work at your occupations.
u-v'-YOM ha-bi-KU-rim b'-ha-k'-ri-V'-khem min-KHA cha-da-SHA la-a-do-NAI b'-sha-vu-o-TE-khem, mik-ra-KO-desh yi-HE-yeh la-KHEM, kol-m'-LE-khet a-vo-DAH lo ta-a-SU.
Numbers 28:26

שִׁבְעָ֥ה שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת תִּסְפׇּר־לָ֑ךְ מֵהָחֵ֤ל חֶרְמֵשׁ֙ בַּקָּמָ֔ה תָּחֵ֣ל לִסְפֹּ֔ר שִׁבְעָ֖ה שָׁבֻעֽוֹת׃
You shall count off seven weeks; start to count the seven weeks when the sickle is first put to the standing grain.
SHI-v'AH sha-VO-OT tis-POHR-lakh, me-ha-KHEL kher-MESH ba-ka-MAH, ta-KHEL lis-POHR SHI-v'AH sha-VO-OT.
Deuteronomy 16:9

Description about WEEKS

Shavuot, Hebrew for “weeks,” is the name of one of the three pilgrimage festivals during which Jews in ancient Israel would travel to Jerusalem. Known as Pentecost in Greek, it is the only Jewish holiday whose date is not explicitly stated in the Bible. Instead, the Bible commands the people of Israel to count seven weeks from the second day of Passover, and the day after that, the 50th day, is the holiday of Shavuot. On Shavuot, which falls on the 6th day of the Hebrew month of Sivan, God gave the Ten Commandments to the children of Israel. The 49 days between Passover and Shavuot are counted in a daily ritual in anticipation of the great day when God gave the Bible to the people of Israel. Shavuot is traditionally celebrated by staying up all night long and studying the Bible and other holy texts until the sun rises the next morning. Shavuot also means “oaths,” for when God gave the Torah to the people of Israel He pledged His devotion to them, and they in turn committed to follow His commandments. Similarly, Be’er Sheva, a southern Israeli city, means “Well of Oaths,” for it was there that Abraham and King Abiimelech made vows of peace after quarreling over the rightful ownership of wells in that area. The word shavuot is derived from the Hebrew word sheva, meaning “seven,” the number of days in a week. Unlike the length of a year and the lunar month, which are based on the sun and the moon, there is nothing natural about the length of a week. The seven days of the week are rooted in the Biblical account of creation which has spread to all human cultures throughout the world.

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