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title: חָגָּא — reeling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָגָּא (2283), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: reeling. BDB 1906: reeling be excited. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָגָּא

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«חָגָּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reeling** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2283 · **BDB:** חָגָּא

### Glosses

object.of.terror (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reeling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2283/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

reeling be excited [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2283/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] reeling (Aramaism for חגה Ew§ 173 b, by copyist’s error Di)—וְהָֽיְתָה … למצרים לח׳ Is 19:17 and the land of Judah shall become to Egypt a reeling, i.e. Egypt shall reel in terror at the sight of it (‖ יִפְחָ֑ד; this meaning may either be from an orig. sense of חגג, or = be excited as at a חָג, cf. חנג 3).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָגָּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2283/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 19:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.17/)

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וְ֠הָיְתָה אַדְמַ֨ת יְהוּדָ֤ה לְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְחָגָּ֔א כֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַזְכִּ֥יר אֹתָ֛הּ אֵלָ֖יו יִפְחָ֑ד מִפְּנֵ֗י עֲצַת֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־ה֖וּא יוֹעֵ֥ץ עָלָֽיו׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.will.become the.land of.Judah to Egypt (into).an object.of.terror every \[one\].whom someone.will.bring.to.remembrance it to him he.will.be.in.dread because of the.plan of.Yahweh of.hosts which he \[is\].planning on it

*JPS 1917:* And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt, whensoever one maketh mention thereof to it; it shall be afraid, because of the purpose of the LORD of hosts, which He purposeth against it.

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