Deuteronomy 16:13:1Deut.16.13.W1TAB
חַ֧ג
khag
“the festival”
- Transliteration
- KHAG
- Extended
- KHAG
- IPA
- /ħaɡ/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
KHAG
- phraseyour reading level
KHAG ha-su-KOT
- clause
KHAG ha-su-KOT ta-a-SEH le-KHA shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
KHAG ha-su-KOT ta-a-SEH le-KHA shiv-AT ya-MIM be-osp-KHA mig-gar-ne-KHA u-mi-yik-VE-kha
Exegesis
The noun phrase chag hasukkot {חַג הַסֻּכֹּת | ḥag ha·sû·kōṯ} ‘Festival of Tabernacles’ functions as the direct object specifying the required observance.
Root and etymology
ḥ-g-gHet–Gimel–Gimel
“to celebrate festival”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:13
You shall keep the Festival of Tabernacles for yourself for seven days, when you gather in from your threshing floor and from your winepress.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 16:13, so the Hebrew word חַ֧ג (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.16.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.13.W1.S1) and character.