H2887. Tebeth
טֵבֵ֑ת proper name 10th month = Dec.-Jan., [Est 2:16] (Nabataean טבת EutNo. 3 Palmyrene id., VogNo. 66; loan-word from Assyrian ˆêbêtum, SchrCOT on [Neh 1:1], HptE-Vowel 10, JenZA iv (1889) 272 f., √ perhaps ‰ebû = טבע see especially Hptl.c., Muss-ArnJBL xi, 1892, 170, month of sinking in = muddy month).