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title: חָגוּ — festival-gathering · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָגוּ (2288), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: festival-gathering. BDB 1906: n.m.pl. places of concealment, retreats. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָגוּ

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«חָגוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **festival-gathering** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2288 · **BDB:** חֲגָוִים

### Glosses

the.clefts (2); clefts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

festival-gathering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2288/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m.pl. places of concealment, retreats [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2288/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.pl. places of concealment, retreats, as abode of dove יוֹנָתִי בְּחַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע Ct 2:14 (in metaph.); also, hyperbol., as abode of Edom שֹׁכְנִי בח׳ (ה)סלע Je 49:16 Ob 3.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָגוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2288/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Obadiah 1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/OBA.1.3/)

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זְד֤וֹן לִבְּךָ֙ הִשִּׁיאֶ֔ךָ שֹׁכְנִ֥י בְחַגְוֵי־סֶּ֖לַע מְר֣וֹם שִׁבְתּ֑וֹ אֹמֵ֣ר בְּלִבּ֔וֹ מִ֥י יוֹרִדֵ֖נִי אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* the.presumption your.heart your it has.deceived.you O.\[you.who\].dwell in clefts of.rock the.height his.dwelling his \[he.is\].saying in heart his who? will he.bring.me.down \[the\].ground

*JPS 1917:* The pride of thy heart hath beguiled thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, thy habitation on high; that sayest in thy heart: 'Who shall bring me down to the ground?'

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[Song of Songs 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.14/)

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יוֹנָתִ֞י בְּחַגְוֵ֣י הַסֶּ֗לַע בְּסֵ֙תֶר֙ הַמַּדְרֵגָ֔ה הַרְאִ֙ינִי֙ אֶתּ־מַרְאַ֔יִךְהַשְׁמִיעִ֖ינִי אֶת־קוֹלֵ֑ךְ כִּי־קוֹלֵ֥ךְ עָרֵ֖ב וּמַרְאֵ֥יךְ נָאוֶֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* my.dove my in the.clefts of the.rock in the.hiding.place of the.steep.place let me.see (et) form your cause me.to.hear (et) voice your (dm) voice your \[is\].sweet and form your \[is\].lovely

*JPS 1917:* O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.'

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