Shvat (שְׁבָט) means Shevat in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שְׁבָט
shvat
noun · masculine
In English
Shevat
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shvat.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1החודש החמישי בלוח השנה העברי, בשנה המתחילה בחודש תשרי, כנהוג מימי בית שני, והחודש האחד־עשר בשנה המתחילה בחודש ניסן, שהיה נהוג בימי בית ראשון. מגיע אחרי טבת, ולפני אדר. מקביל לחודשים ינואר ופברואר.
בְּיוֹם עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה לְעַשְׁתֵּי־עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ, הוּא־חֹדֶשׁ שְׁבָט, בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ, הָיָה דְבַר־יהוה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה בֶּן־בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ בֶּן־עִדּוֹא הַנָּבִיא לֵאמֹר.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shvat is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שְׁבָט
- Written without vowel points
- שבט
- Said
- shvat
- Root
- ש־ב־ט
- Pattern
- קְטָל
- Gematria
- 311
This is how Shvat is said in other languages.
- English
- Shevat
- Arabic
- شباط
These words rhyme with Shvat.
The word Shvat is part of these phrases and sayings.
- ט"ו בשבט
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Shvat in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shvat.
What does Shvat (שְׁבָט) mean in Hebrew?
Shvat (שְׁבָט) means Shevat. It is said shvat, with the stress on shvat.
What rhymes with Shvat (שְׁבָט)?
Words that rhyme with Shvat (שְׁבָט) include משפט, שבת, דת, מעט, בת, and צרפת.
Is Shvat (שְׁבָט) masculine or feminine?
The word Shvat (שְׁבָט) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שבט of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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