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shiv'ah

shiv'ah is the alternative spelling of shiva.

Meaning of shiva

Noun

shiva (countable and uncountable, plural shivas)

  1. (Judaism) A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.
    • Did you know that some parents sit shiva […] for 30 days if their child is discovered to be gay?1974 February 2, “Jewish Gay Group”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 2

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Questions about shiv'ah

What is shiv'ah the alternative spelling of?
Shiv'ah is the alternative spelling of shiva.

Words near shiv'ah in the dictionary

  1. shiur
  2. shiurim
  3. shiurs
  4. Shius
  5. shiv
  6. shiv'ah
  7. shiva
  8. shivah
  9. shivahs
  10. Shivaism
  11. Shivaist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shiv'ah (page history and authors); shiva (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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