Deuteronomy 16:10:2Deut.16.10.W2TAB
חַ֤ג
khag
“the festival”
- Transliteration
- KHAG
- Extended
- KHAG
- IPA
- /ˈχaɡ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the festival
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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Word in context
- word
KHAG
- phraseyour reading level
KHAG sha-vu-OT
- clause
ve-a-si-TA KHAG sha-vu-OT la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-SAT nid-VAT yad-KHA a-SHER ti-TEN
- sentence
ve-a-si-TA KHAG sha-vu-OT la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-SAT nid-VAT yad-KHA a-SHER ti-TEN ka-a-SHER ye-va-re-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The construct noun phrase chag shavu’ot {חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת | ḥaḡ šā-vu-ʿô-wōṯ} specifies the Festival of Weeks.
Root and etymology
ח־ג־ג
“to celebrate, observe a festival”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:10
And you shall observe the Festival of Weeks to the LORD your God with a portion of a freewill offering from your hand , which you shall give as the LORD your God blesses you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 16:10, so the Hebrew word חַ֤ג (khag) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.16.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.10.W2.S1) and character.