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   Shi·va

   /ˈSHēvə/

   

   noun

   • 1. a period of seven days' formal mourning for the dead, beginning immediately after the funeral: "she went to her sister's funeral and sat shiva"

   Word Origin from Hebrew šiḇ‘āh ‘seven’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • S

     1

   • H

     4

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • A

     1

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