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title: חָגַג — make a pilgrimage · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָגַג (2287), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: make a pilgrimage. BDB 1906: vb. make pilgrimage, keep pilgrim-feast. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָגַג

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«חָגַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **make a pilgrimage** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 2287 · **BDB:** חָגַג

### Glosses

you.will.celebrate.a.festival (6); celebrate.a.festival (4); celebrating (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make a pilgrimage [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2287/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. make pilgrimage, keep pilgrim-feast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2287/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast (Arabic حَجَّ betake oneself to or towards an object of reverence; make a pilgrimage to Mecca; Sab. חגג make pilgrimage Sab. Denkm86, cf. 85; Syriac ܚܰܓܺܝ celebrate a feast. In Palm. חגגו is n.pr. VogNo. 61; cf. also Ph. n.pr. חגי, חגת);— Pf. 2 mpl. חַגֹּתֶם Ex 12:14 + 2 times; Impf. 2 ms. תָּחֹג Ex 23:14 Dt 16:15; 3 mpl. יָח֫וֹגּוּ ψ 107:27 (Bö§ 1118 (2)); וְיָחֹ֫גּוּ Ex 5:1; 2 mpl. תָּחֹ֫גּוּ Lv 23:39, 41; sf. תְּהָגֻּ֫הוּ Ex 12:14; Imv. f. חָגִּי Na 2:1; Inf. cstr. חֹג Zc 14:18 + 2 times; Pt. חוֹגֵג ψ 42:5; pl. חֹגֲגִים 1 S 30:16;— keep a pilgrim-feast, abs. Ex 5:1 (JE) of one proposed by Moses; שׁלשׁ רגלים תחג לי three times shalt thou make pilgrimage unto me (in the year) Ex 23:14 (covt. code); of pilgrim-feasts in general Na 2:1, the Passover Ex 12:14 (P); elsewhere feast of Booths; all celebrated in part by sacred processions and dances; המון חוגג ψ 42:5 multitude keeping festival (led by the Psalmist in procession); חגג חג Lv 23:39 (H), Nu 29:12 (P), Na 2:1 Zc 14:16, 18, 19; חגג אתו חג Ex 12:14 (P), Lv 23:41 (H); אתוֹ Lv 23:41 (H); sf. Ex 12:14 (P). behave as at a חָג 1 S 30:16 (of the Amalekites when surprised by David i.e. enjoying themselves merrily, Dr; others, circling in the sacred dance). reel, in giddiness on the sea ψ 107:27 (cf. חָגָּא Is 19:17); this either points to an earlier meaning of √; or better, the ψ being late, means reel as from festival excesses (‖ וְיָנוּעוּ כַשִּׁכּוֹר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָגַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2287/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 23:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.14/)

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שָׁלֹ֣שׁ רְגָלִ֔ים תָּחֹ֥ג לִ֖י בַּשָּׁנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* three feet you.will.celebrate.a.festival to me in the year

*JPS 1917:* Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto Me in the year.

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[Psalms 107:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.27/)

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יָח֣וֹגּוּ וְ֭יָנוּעוּ כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹר וְכָל־חָ֝כְמָתָ֗ם תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃

*Word for word:* they.staggered and they.trembled like (the) drunkard and all skill their it.was.confused

*JPS 1917:* They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up —

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