shavuot
nounHow many syllables in shavuot?
There are 2 syllables in the word shavuot.How to pronounce shavuot:
Definition of shavuot:
- shavuot (noun):
- noun. (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
- a jewish holiday observed on the sixth of sivan and by orthodox and conservative jews in the diaspora also on the seventh of sivan in commemoration of the revelation of the ten commandments at mt. sinai
Synonyms for shavuot:
feast of weeks
pentecost
shabuoth
shavous
shavuoth
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- shara
- shaper
- shanty
- shanti
- shankar
- shambles
- shaman
- shakti
- shahrzad
- shadrach
- shadows
- shackle
- seychelles
- sevrel
- servile
- serum
- serein
- seraphs
- sera
- seprate
- sentience
- sentenced
- sended
- seltzer
- sela
- seduct
- seduced
- sedgwick
- secpar
- seamless
- sealer
- scuppered
- sculptor
- scudded
- scuba
- scrunchies
- scrubbing
- scriptures
- scripture
- scrimmage
- scouting
- scouted
- scious
- schweppes
- schweppe
- schleiden
- schering
- schachter
- scented
- scatting
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