Middle English Dictionary Entry
Sabath n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Sabath n. Also sebeth. |
| Etymology | L sabat; ult. Heb. shěbhāt. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The eleventh month of the Jewish calendar.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Zech.1.7 : In the foure and twentithe day of the elleuenthe moneth Sabath [WB(2) Gloss.: In Ebreu it is Sebeth, and it answerith to Januarie; L Sabath]..the word of the Lord is maad to Sacharie.