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ḥāgag חָגַג ‘to celebrate’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root, compare ḥāggāʾ חָגָּא ‘terror’, ḥūg חוּג ‘to mark’

ḥāgag v
1) to hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate, dance, stagger
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to keep a pilgrim-feast
  1a2) to reel

Mentioned in Exodus 5:1, 12:14, 23:14 Codex Leviticus 23:39, 23:41 Numbers 29:12 Deuteronomy 16:15 1 Samuel 30:16 Nahum 2:1 Zechariah 14:18, 14:19, 14:16 Psalms 42:5, 107:27

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