שבט

שבט

See also: שבֿט‎

Aramaic

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌚𒍩 (Šabāṭum, literally “month of wheat”).

Proper noun

שְׁבָט • (šəḇāṭ) m

1. February
2. Shevat

Descendants

• Classical Syriac: ܫܒܛ‎ (šḇāṭ)
  • Aramaic: شباط (šubāṭ)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܒ݂ܵܛ‎ (šwāṭ)
• Turoyo: ܐܷܫܘܷܛ‎ (ëšwëṭ)

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1513

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
שׁ־ב־ט‎ (š-b-ṭ)

From Proto-Semitic *šabṭ-.

Noun

שֵׁבֶט • (shévet) m (plural indefinite שְׁבָטִים‎, plural construct שִׁבְטֵי־‎) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. tribe
2. a wand, a staff; a swatting rod. cattle prod or a shepherd's crook.

   • גַּם כִּי אֵלֵךְ בְּגֵיא צַלְמָוֶת לֹא אִירָא רָע כִּי אַתָּה עִמָּדִי שִׁבְטְךָ וּמִשְׁעַנְתֶּךָ הֵמָּה יְנַחֲמֻנִי (Psalms 23, v. 4)

Synonyms

• (biblical) מַטֶּה‎ (maté)

Derived terms

• שִׁבְטִי‎

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒌚𒍩 (Šabāṭum, literally “month of wheat (i.e. the start of harvest season)”).

Proper noun

שְׁבָט • (sh'vát)

1. Shevat (fifth month)

See also

• (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי‎, חשוון‎, כסלו‎, טבת‎, שבט, אדר‎, ניסן‎, אייר‎, סיוון‎, תמוז‎, אב‎, אלול‎ ^{(Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)}

References

• “שבט” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• שבט‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he