חָגַגchâgag

Meanings

Same root

• חָגָאchâgâʼ · H2283properly, vertigo, i.e. (figuratively) fear
• חוּגchûwg · H2328to describe a circle
• חַגchag · H2282a festival, or a victim therefor
• חַגִּיChaggîy · H2291Chaggi, an Israelite; also (patronymically) a Chaggite, or descendant of the same

Where it appears

Appears 16 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 5:1 After this presentation to Israel’s leaders, Moses and Aaron went and spoke to Pharaoh. They told him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go so they may hold a festival in my honor in the wilderness.”
• Exodus 12:14 “This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival to the Lord. This is a law for all time.
• Exodus 23:14 “Each year you must celebrate three festivals in my honor.
• Leviticus 23:39 “Remember that this seven-day festival to the Lord—the Festival of Shelters—begins on the fifteenth day of the appointed month, after you have harvested all the produce of the land. The first day and the eighth day of the festival will be days of complete rest.
• Leviticus 23:41 You must observe this festival to the Lord for seven days every year. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed in the appointed month from generation to generation.
• Numbers 29:12 “Five days later, on the fifteenth day of the same month, you must call another holy assembly of all the people, and you may do no ordinary work on that day. It is the beginning of the Festival of Shelters, a seven-day festival to the Lord.