H2287

חגג

חגג
chaagag

Verb · A primitive root [compare חגא (H2283), חוג (H2328)]

A primitive root (compare H2283, H2328); properly, to move in a circle, i.e. (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy:—celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.

Outline

  1. to hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate, dance, stagger
    1. (Qal)
      1. to keep a pilgrim-feast
      2. to reel

Usages

Zechariah 14:16

Breakdown

to keep the feast of tabernacles Israel is going to have to force the heathens to observe the laws, showing that the heathens will not receive the new covenant: the new covenant says that Israel will follow the law by default (Hebrews 8:6-12)

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