H2887

טֵבֶ֑ת

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Tebeth

§ Tebeth = "goodness" the 10th month of the Jewish calendar corresponding to modern Dec-Jan

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

טֵבֵ֑ת proper name 10th month = Dec.-Jan., Esth 2:16 (Nabataean טבת EutNo. 3 Palmyrene id., VogNo. 66; loan-word from Assyrian ˆêbêtum, SchrCOT on Neh 1:1, HptE-Vowel 10, JenZA iv (1889) 272 f., √ perhaps ‰ebû = טבע see especially Hptl.c., Muss-ArnJBL xi, 1892, 170, month of sinking in = muddy month).


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