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'Tu Bishvat' in Hebrew
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


'Almond Tree' in Hebrew
Hear "Almond Tree" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Bark (of Tree)' in Hebrew
Hear "Bark (of Tree)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Blossom' in Hebrew
Hear "Blossom" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Branch' in Hebrew
Hear "Branch" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Cedar' in Hebrew
Hear "Cedar" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Citrus Fruit' in Hebrew
Hear "Citrus Fruit" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Cypress' in Hebrew
Hear "Cypress" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Forest' in Hebrew
Hear "Forest" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Garden' in Hebrew
Hear "Garden" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Gardener' in Hebrew
Hear "Gardener" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Greenery' in Hebrew
Hear "Greenery" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Greenhouse' in Hebrew
Hear "Greenhouse" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Hoe' in Hebrew
Hear "Hoe" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Jewish National Fund (JNF)' in Hebrew
Hear "Jewish National Fund (JNF)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Land' in Hebrew
Hear "Land" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Leaf' in Hebrew
Hear "Leaf" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Nature' in Hebrew
Hear "Nature" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Nature Reserve' in Hebrew
Hear "Nature Reserve" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Oak' in Hebrew
Hear "Oak" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Palm Tree' in Hebrew
Hear "Palm Tree" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Pitchfork' in Hebrew
Hear "Pitchfork" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Plant' in Hebrew
Hear "Plant" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'(to) Plant' in Hebrew
Hear "(to) Plant" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Produce' in Hebrew
Hear "Produce" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Rake' in Hebrew
Hear "Rake" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Ripe' in Hebrew
Hear "Ripe" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Root' in Hebrew
Hear "Root" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Sapling' in Hebrew
Hear "Sapling" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Seedling' in Hebrew
Hear "Seedling" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Soil' in Hebrew
Hear "Soil" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Spade' in Hebrew
Hear "Spade" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Sprout' in Hebrew
Hear "Sprout" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'(to) Sprout' in Hebrew
Hear "(to) Sprout" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Tree' in Hebrew
Hear "Tree" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


'Willow' in Hebrew
Hear "Willow" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:


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