Get to know Shivah better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like shiva or week.
Shivah in a sentence
Shivah meaning
Alternative spelling of shiva.
Using Shivah
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of shiva.
- Useful related words include: shiva, shibah, week, hebdomad.
Context around Shivah
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shivah
- In this selection, "shivah" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sit, following, sitting and week stand out and add context to how "shivah" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for the shivah and mourners sitting shivah week of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shivah" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aapp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shivah
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
One night, following shivah, the family lit their menorah and proceeded with a gift exchange. (15 words)
Silver was returning my message from the day before, regarding my catering order for the shivah. (16 words)
Shortly after shivah, I asked the organizers of Avos Ubanim if I could address the attendees for a couple of minutes. (21 words)
Mourners sitting shivah (week of mourning subsequent to the death of a spouse or first-degree relative) outwardly conduct themselves normally for the duration of the day and are forbidden to display public signs of mourning. (36 words)
Rick Davis is saddened that the coronavirus “robbed us of the traditional process of humanness since the family couldn’t sit shivah. (22 words)
Shortly after shivah, I asked the organizers of Avos Ubanim if I could address the attendees for a couple of minutes. (21 words)
Example sentences (5)
Rick Davis is saddened that the coronavirus “robbed us of the traditional process of humanness since the family couldn’t sit shivah.
Shortly after shivah, I asked the organizers of Avos Ubanim if I could address the attendees for a couple of minutes.
Silver was returning my message from the day before, regarding my catering order for the shivah.
One night, following shivah, the family lit their menorah and proceeded with a gift exchange.
Mourners sitting shivah (week of mourning subsequent to the death of a spouse or first-degree relative) outwardly conduct themselves normally for the duration of the day and are forbidden to display public signs of mourning.