Shebat [Shevat] (se'-bat, Zech. 1:7 "of the eleventh month, which is the month Se'-bat").
Tropical: Dec. 16-Jan. 11, Gregorian: Jan. 15-Feb. 13, Julian: Jan. 29-Feb. 27.

• Hebrew Shebat, sheb-awt', of foreign origin, Shebat is a Jewish month, Sebat.
  • This is the eleventh month to the Hebrew and the fifth month of the Jewish calendar.
• Akkadian Shabatu, under Aquarius referenced as "Pourer-out-of-Water."
  • Pour.
    • Hebrew shephek, sheh'-fek, from Heb. shaphak, shaw-fak', a primary root to spill forth, to expend, gush out, pour (out), thus an emptying place, e.g. an ash-heap, are poured out.
    • Hebrew yatsaq, yaw-tsak', a primary root properly to pour out.
    • Hebrew yaçak, yaw-sak', a primary root to pour (in trans.), be poured.
    • Hebrew nazal, naw-zal', a primary root to drip, or shed by trickling, flow, pour (down), running water, stream.    This word is a primary root to the Hebrew word for "Mazzaroth."
    • Hebrew naba', naw-bah', a primary root to gush forth, fig. to utter, pour out, send forth, utter.
    • Hebrew nagar, naw-gar', a primary root to flow, fig. to stretch out, to pour out or down, trickle down.
    • Sumerian a...dé: to pour out water ('water' + 'to pour').
      • Sumerian dé: to cry out; to hail; to proclaim; to read aloud; to pour (often with -ni-); to water; to be full (cf., ég).
      • Sumerian šu: n., hand; share, portion, bundle; strength; v., to pour.
    • One source claims the star Skat, d Aquari (8Psc49) aka Sakib, is called "The Pourer."
  
  
• One source claims it is called Idu As-a-an, "The-Month-of-the-Curse-of-Rain."
  Which reads (itu, idu, month + áš, curse + a, water + an, sky, high).
  • Sumerian itud, itid, itu, iti, id₈; it₄, id₄: moon; month; moonlight (te, 'to approach, meet', + ud, 'sun').
  • Sumerian áš: n., wish; curse (abbreviated tàš ?, ašte ?); v., to desire; to curse.
    • Sumerian áš...bal: to curse ('curse' + 'to demolish').
    • Sumerian áš...mú: to curse ('curse' + 'to blow, speak').
    • Sumerian íb, éb: n., middle; waist; loins; thighs; v., to be angry; to flare up in anger; to curse, insult.
  • Sumerian a, e₄: n., water; watercourse, canal; seminal fluid; offspring; father; tears; flood; interj., alas!; prep., locative suffix - where; in; when - denotes movement towards or in favor of a person; def. article, nominalizing suffix for a noun or noun clause, denoting 'the'.
  • Sumerian an: n., sky, heaven; the god An; grain ear/date cluster; v., to be high; adj., high.
  • Rain.
    • Hebrew matar, maw-tawr', from Heb. matar, maw-tar', a primary root to rain.
      • Under Aquarius in the Pegasus star names we find:
        h Matar or Ma'tar, which marks the knee of one leg, but may mean, "rain," as also seen its Arabic name Sa'd Matar, means the lucky star of "the rain."
    • Sumerian šeg_3,7, še₇: rain; to rain.
    • Sumerian šur, sur: to rain; to produce a liquid; to flow, drip; to extract seed oil; to process wine and juices; to flash, gleam.
    • Sumerian imi, im, em: wind; direction; weather; storm; cloud; rain (cf., tumu).
  
  
• Canaanite derivation for this month is uncertain.
  
  
• During this time of the year there is a gradual warming from the winter months to mild spring.
  
  
• Almond and peach trees blossom.
  • Blossom.
    • Hebrew perach, peh'-rakh, from Heb. parach, paw-rakh', a primary root to break forth as a bud, thus a calyx, general bloom, blossom, bud, flower.
    • Hebrew nets, nayts, from Heb. natsats, naw-tsats', a primary root to glare, sparkle, thus a flower (from its brilliancy), also a hawk (from its flashing speed).
    • Hebrew tsiyts, tseets, or tsits, from Heb. tsuwts, tsoots, a primary root to twinkle, bloom, properly glistening, also a flower.
  
  
• From www.lexiline.com:
  • "On the 5^th of Shabatu the Great GU.LA (Aquarius), the Great Square ((ASH).IKU), and the stag (LU.LIM) appear, ... the Lion, Snake and Wild Boar sets, the rise of the Fish KU6 is 40 days away."
  • "On the 15^th of Shabatu the opposite is UR.KU."
  • "On the 25^th of Shabatu Anunitum is visible."
  
  
• Sea of Heaven
  • This region of the sky was known thousands of years ago as "the Water," or "the Sea," and includes the watery figures as Aquarius, Cetus, Pisces, Capricornus, Delphinus, Piscis Austrinus and Eridanus.
  • Sea.
    • Hebrew yam, yawm, to roar, a sea, a Biblical symbol of restlessness, instability, and sin.
    • Greek thalassa.
    • Sumerian abzu: the 'sentient' sea - the sea personified as a god (aba/ab, 'sea' + zu, 'to know').
      • Sumerian aba, ab: lake; sea.
    
    
  • In Akkad, this was Ku-ur-ku, "Seat of the Flowing Waters."
    • Sumerian ra(-g/h): n., inundation; v., to strike, stab, slay; to stir; to impress, stamp, or roll (a seal into clay); to flood, overflow; to measure; to pack, haul, or throw away (with -ta-).
    • Sumerian ki-tuš: seat; dwelling place ('place' + 'to sit, dwell').
    
    
  • Rammanu, "The God of the Storm," connected to the Vedic Indra.
    • Sumerian ud, u₄: n., sun; light; day; time; weather; storm (demon); prep., when; since.
    • Semitic Ramânu, "The Exalted."
    • Hebrew Rimmown, rim-mone', or (shorter) Rimmon, or Rimmownow (1 Chron. 6:62 [77]), rim-mo-no', the same as Heb. rimmown, rim-mone', from Heb. ramam, raw-mam', a primary root to rise, exalt, lift up, thus a promegranite, thus Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine.
    
    
  • Akkadian Mermer, "The-Very-Glorious."
    • Sumerian mer₍₂₎, mir₍₂₎: n., storm wind; violent storm; north(wind); anger; belt, waistband; an encircling snake; adj., angry.
    • Later in the Cygnus we see other names such as Fafage which means "The Glorious Shining Forth."
    
    
  • Uras, "The Veiled."
    
    
  • In Egypt this was Hapi, the god of the source of the Nile.

    The following is from neither the Tablets from pre-Sargonic (before 2334 B.C.) the Calendar of Ur for one of the nine month names, or from the calendar reformed in the Ur III period by Shulgi, king of Sumer from 2094-2047 BC.    Five of the pre-Sargonic month names survived the transition, and the total number of months rose from nine to twelve.

• 11) Sumerian ezem-an-na (ezem, festivity + an-na, tin (sky + stone)/ or an, sky, heaven, the god An + na, human being of past/present),
  basically "The Festivity of the Meteor [tin],"
  or "The Festivity of the Heavenly One," or "The Festivity of the One God An."
  • Sumerian ezem: festivity.
    • Sumerian èš-èš: a festival (reduplicated 'shrine').
  • Sumerian an-na: tin ('sky' + 'stone').
    • Sumerian an: n., sky, heaven; the god An; grain ear/date cluster; v., to be high; adj., high.
      • Sumerian an-ki: universe ('sky' + 'earth').
      • Sumerian an-pa: zenith ('sky' + 'branch' of sun dial ?).
      • Sumerian an-ta: above ('heaven' + 'from').
      • Sumerian an-ta-gál: high, superior ('sky; high' + 'from' + 'to be').
      • Sumerian an-ta...gi₄: to meet ('heaven' + 'from' + 'to return').
      • Sumerian an-ta-sur-ra: a stone ('heaven' + 'from' + 'boundary marker' + a, 'the').
      • Sumerian an-úr: horizon ('sky' + 'base, floor').
      • Sumerian an-za-kàr: tower ('heaven' + 'stone' + 'round, high thing').
      • Sumerian en: n., dignitary; lord; high priest; ancestor (statue), v., to rule. adj., noble.
    • Sumerian na: n., human being; incense; adj., no; modal prefix, emphatic in past tense; prohibitive in present/future tense.
      • Sumerian na₄: pebble, stone; token; hailstone; weight.
        • Sumerian na₅: chest, box.
        • Sumerian ná, nú: (cf., nud).
      • Sumerian ni; na: he, she; that one.
        • Sumerian ne: this (one).
        • Sumerian ní: self; body.
        • Sumerian ní; ne₄: fear; respect; frightfulness; awe.
        • Sumerian nì: (cf., ní ).
      • Sumerian a-na: what (a,'to', + ni,'he, she', + a,'the').
      • Sumerian a-na-àm: thus ('what' + 'as, like').
      • Sumerian a-na-aš(-am): why ('what' + 'one' + 'to be').
      • Sumerian na-gada: herdsman ('human' + 'linen' ?).
      • Sumerian na-kab-tum: cattle pen (Semitic loanword ?).