Pronunciations

Definitions

• sent. A greeting used after Shabbat ends on Saturday night and on Sunday, meaning 'good week'.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish
• Modern Hebrew

Etymology

• MH שָׁבוּעַ טוֹב, a calque of Y אַ גוטע וואָך‎ ‎a gute vokh 'a good week'
  

Who Uses This

• Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

Regions

• North America
• Great Britain
• South Africa
• Australia / New Zealand

Dictionaries

• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

Alternative Spellings

shavuah tov