חָגַג
châgag · H2287 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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to reel, to stagger
Action by which humans move about in an unsteady way like someone who is drunk
ExamplesPsalm 107:27 They reeled and staggered like a drunken person, And were at their wits’ end.
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to hold a festival, to celebrate
Action by which humans hold a celebration, usually of a religious nature, involving animal sacrifices; associated with joy
ExamplesExodus 5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Let My people go so that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
Exodus 12:14 ‘Now this day shall be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.
Exodus 23:14 “Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
15 occurrences in 5 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 6
- Not stated: you (one person) 3
- Not stated (infinitive) 3
- Not stated: they 2
- הָמוֹןmultitude, tumult, abundance 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
10 occurrences in 2 groups
- חַגfeast, festival 6
- וֹhim 4
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- חַגfeast, festival 2
- חֻקָּהstatute, ordinance 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
9 occurrences in 9 groups
- לto/for+ יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Unsteady002001001067
- The verb can describe a staggering, reeling motion, as of one overcome by wine or terror, rather than the steady, purposeful movement of ordinary walking.
- Festivals002002002011
- The verb's dominant use is to keep or celebrate a pilgrimage feast, as when Moses tells Pharaoh Israel must go into the wilderness "to celebrate a feast" to the LORD (Exodus 5:1), or when the Passover is to be kept "as a feast to the LORD" through the generations (Exodus 12:14).
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2287. chagag [חָגַג] verb make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast (Arabic betake oneself…
[חָגַג] verb make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast (Arabic betake oneself to or towards an object of reverence; make a pilgrimage to Mecaa; Sabean חגג make pilgrimage SabDenkm86. compare 85; Syriac celebrate a feast. In Palmyrene חגגו is proper name VogNo. 61; compare also Phoenician proper name חגת חגי,); —
Qal Perfect2masculine plural חַגֹּתֶם Exo 12:14 Exo 12:2t.; Imperfect2masculine singular תָּחֹג Exo 23:14; Deu 16:15; Deu 16:3masculine plural יָח֫וֺגּוּ Psa 107:27 (Bö§ 1118 (2)); וְיָחֹ֫גּוּ Exo 5:1-2;masculine plural תָּחֹ֫גּוּ Lev 23:39, Lev 23:41; suffix תְּחָגֻּ֫הוּ Exo 12:14; Imperative feminine חָגִּי Nah 2:1; Infinitive construct חֹג Zec 14:18 + 2t., Participle חוֺגֵג Psa 42:5; plural חֹגְַגִים 1Sa 30:16; —
1 keep a pilgrim-feast, absolute Exo 5:1 (JE) of one proposed by Moses; לי תחג רגלים שׁלשׁ three times shalt thou make pilgrimage unto me (in the year) Exo 23:14 (covt. code); of pilgrim-feasts in General Nah 2:1, the Passover Exo 12:14 (P); elsewhere feast of Booths; all celebrated in part by sacred processions and dances; חוגג המון Psa 42:5 multitude keeping festival (led by the Psalmist in procession); חג חגג Lev 23:39 (H), Num 29:12 (P), Nah 2:1; Zec 14:16, Zec 14:18, Zec 14:19; חג אתו חגג Exo 12:14 (P), Lev 23:41 (H); אתוֺ Lev 23:41 (H); suffix Exo 12:14 (P).
2 behave as at a חָג 1Sa 30:16 (of the Amalekites when surprised by David i.e. enjoying themselves merrily, Dr; others, circling in the sacred dance).
3 reel, in giddiness on the sea Psa 107:27 (compare חָגָּא Isa 19:17); this either points to an earlier meaning of v; or better, the Psalm being late, means reel as from festival excesses (|| כַשִּׁכּוֺר וְיָנוּעוּ).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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