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!['Tu Bishvat' in Hebrew 'Tu Bishvat' in Hebrew](/words/h10/tu_bishvat_in_hebrew.gif)
Tu Bishvat is the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Sh'vat. The tet has the numerical value of 9 and the vav has the numerical value of 6, so together they are 15. It is a minor holiday celebrating the "New year for trees".
Tu Bishvat is often misspelled as Tu B'Shvat in English. The word Sh'vat has a "shva" under the shin. The bet prefix (meaning "in") also has a shva. Hebrew does not allow for 2 consecutive shvas at the beginning of a word so the first one under the bet becomes a chirik, roughly equivalent to the English short "i" sound.
Hear "Tu Bishvat" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
!['Pine Cone' in Hebrew 'Pine Cone' in Hebrew](/h10/h1003002.gif)
!['Almond Tree' in Hebrew 'Almond Tree' in Hebrew](/words/h10/almond_tree_in_hebrew.gif)
Hear "Almond Tree" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
!['Bark (of Tree)' in Hebrew 'Bark (of Tree)' in Hebrew](/words/h10/bark_[of_tree]_in_hebrew.gif)
Hear "Bark (of Tree)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
!['Blossom' in Hebrew 'Blossom' in Hebrew](/words/h10/blossom_in_hebrew.gif)
Hear "Blossom" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
!['Branch' in Hebrew 'Branch' in Hebrew](/words/h10/branch_in_hebrew.gif)
Hear "Branch" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
!['Cedar' in Hebrew 'Cedar' in Hebrew](/words/h10/cedar_in_hebrew.gif)
Hear "Cedar" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
!['Citrus Fruit' in Hebrew 'Citrus Fruit' in Hebrew](/words/h10/citrus_fruit_in_hebrew.gif)
Hear "Citrus Fruit" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
!['Cypress' in Hebrew 'Cypress' in Hebrew](/words/h10/cypress_in_hebrew.gif)
Hear "Cypress" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
!['Forest' in Hebrew 'Forest' in Hebrew](/words/h10/forest_in_hebrew.gif)
Hear "Forest" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli: