טֵבֵת (b. h.); Tebeth, the tenth month of the Hebrew calendar, containing twenty nine days, varying between the second of December and the twenty ninth of January. Targ. Esth. II, 16. Targ. II Esth. III, 7. Ib. 8 מלקטין פשרי דט׳ store up the melting snows of Tebeth (in their cisterns).—Taan. 6ᵇ טבא … דט׳ מנוולתא auspicious is the year whose Tebeth is ugly (muddy from heavy rains); דט׳ ארמלתא whose Tebeth is a widow (without rain, v. בַּעֲלָא).
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טֵבֵת (b. h.); Tebeth , the tenth month of the Hebrew calendar, containing twenty nine days, varying between the second of December and the twenty…
References
- Aramaic Targum to Esther 2:16
- Taanit 6b:12
- Jastrow, בַּעֲלָא 1