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. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Also rockets have now reached Beer-sheva, over to the east. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On Tuesday evening, we attended a sheva brachos for the couple that got married on Sunday. ❋ Marsgov (2008)

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. ❋ DC (2007)

Is that a reference to their wild drinking past or someone’s misinterpretation of sheva berachot? ❋ Unknown (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. ❋ 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. ❋ Unknown (2004)

After the meal they say "7 Blessings (sheva brachot)" praising G-d. ❋ Nisayon (2002)

Also we had the bonus of the sheva brachot people chained to their seats to listen to our insane ranting and hippy music (evil laugh!). ❋ Nisayon (2002)

"Where in sheva are we going to get enough bodies to throw at them?" ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1988)

JUDAH NAZURA said: shalom sheva khotam ...... peace seventh seal.

The town of Beer-sheva, which lies around 40 km from the border, was hit and the Israeli army said one rocket hit a residential building in the port city of Ashdod - more than 30 km from Gaza. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Israeli town of Beer-sheva, which lies about 40km from the boundary, was hit and the Israeli army said one rocket hit a residential building in the port city of Ashdod - more than ❋ Unknown (2009)

Moving to manc doesnt inspire confidence for kaka bcoz he has won everything at milan and now his going to a club on the brink of relegation. i sincerly hope he doesnt follow in the same path as sheva bcoz if that happens it would be a career suicide at the age of 26! ❋ Unknown (2009)

The vowel on the bet is an "ee", not a sheva (schwa). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tom Mountain's piece on the remaining Jews of Iran on Arutz sheva gets it wrong sometimes - ie he does not mention the massive exodus to California after 1979, nor the execution of the Jewish community leader, nor the false spying charges against 13 Jews in Shiraz. ❋ Bataween (2008)

Like the e which foltows, it is meant to repre - sent the sheva or mute sound between the two consonants, which elsewtiere is represented by the apostrophe, and sometime* is not at all designated, as the interval between the consonants is snffitiently apparent. ❋ Unknown (1771)