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Definition of Shivah
1. Noun. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative. "The family is sitting shiva"
Definition of Shivah
1. Noun. alternative spelling of shiva ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shivah
1. shiva [n -S] - See also: shiva
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shivah
| shiur shiurim shiv shiv'ah shivah (current term) shivahs shivaree shivareed shivareeing shivarees | shivas shive shiver shiver-spar shiver my timbers shivered shiverer shiverers shiverier |
Literary usage of Shivah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Life: Services and Ceremonies Observed at the Death Bed, House by Barnett Abraham Elzas (1915)
"If, during the shivah a person loses another relative, he tears the same ...
Should he lose a parent during or shortly after the shivah for relations, ..."
2. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1913)
"FISHING WEN I git up in de mo'nin' an' de clouds is big an' black, Dey 's a kin'
o' wa'nin' shivah goes a-scootin' down my back; Den I says to my ol' ooman ..."
3. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1913)
"FISHING WEN I git up in de mo'nin' an' de clouds is big an' black, Dey 's a kin'
o' wa'nin' shivah goes a-scootin' down my back; Den I says to my ol' ooman ..."
4. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, from the Earliest Times Until the by Simon Dubnow (1916)
"... shivah [" Her Seven Pillars," allusion to Prov. ix. 1], by Bezalel of Kobrin,
1666; Maor ha-katon ["The Lesser Light," allusion to Gen. i. ..."
5. Candle-lightin' Time by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1901)
"Wen I git up in de mo'nin' an' de clouds is big an' black, Dey 's a kin' o'
wa'nin' shivah goes a-scootin' down my back; Den I says to my ol' ooman ez I ..."
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