שבט

See also: שבֿט‎

Aramaic

Etymology

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

Proper noun

שְׁבָט • (šəḇāṭ) m

  1. February
  2. Shevat

Descendants
  • Classical Syriac: ܫܒܛ‎ (šḇāṭ)
  • 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

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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

שְׁבָט • (sh'vát)

  1. Shevat (fifth month)
See also

Verb

שִׁבֵּט • (shibét) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of שיבט‎

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

Further reading
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