sheva

Shiva, named for the Hebrew word sheva, or seven, is the seven-day mourning period during which the immediate family of the deceased sit on low chairs and people who wish to pay their respects visit the Shiva house in this case, my parents’ home.

Surfacing « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2008

Also rockets have now reached Beer-sheva, over to the east.

CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2009 2009

On Tuesday evening, we attended a sheva brachos for the couple that got married on Sunday.

Last Week Was a Busy One marsgov 2008

Is that a reference to their wild drinking past or someone’s misinterpretation of sheva berachot?

Winehouse’s beau to convert ahead of shmancy Jewish wedding | Jewschool 2007

The etymology seems to be that sheva develops a usage as shva in German, and then becomes spelled as schwa, and thus arrives in English.

On schwa DC 2007

This establishes the origin in Hebrew grammar, where sheva was the name of the sign placed under a consonant letter to show the absence of a following vowel or, in some positions, the sounding of a neutral vowel.

Archive 2007-08-01 DC 2007

This establishes the origin in Hebrew grammar, where sheva was the name of the sign placed under a consonant letter to show the absence of a following vowel or, in some positions, the sounding of a neutral vowel.

On schwa DC 2007

The etymology seems to be that sheva develops a usage as shva in German, and then becomes spelled as schwa, and thus arrives in English.

Archive 2007-08-01 DC 2007

On the other hand, if I had taken only the English word "seven" and the Hebrew word "sheva," maybe I could have convinced you English was related to Hebrew.

languagehat.com: NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES. 2004

After the meal they say "7 Blessings (sheva brachot)" praising G-d.

nisayon Diary Entry nisayon 2002