Exodus 23:16:1Exod.23.16.W1TAB
וְחַ֤ג
vekhag
“and feast of”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHAG
- Extended
- veh-KHAG
- IPA
- /vəˈħaɡ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and feast of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-KHAG
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHAG ha-ka-TSIR
- clause
ve-KHAG ha-ka-TSIR bik-koo-REI ma-a-SE-kha a-SHER tiz-RA ba-sa-DE
- sentence
ve-KHAG ha-ka-TSIR bik-koo-REI ma-a-SE-kha a-SHER tiz-RA ba-sa-DE ve-KHAG ha-a-SIF be-TSET ha-sha-NAH be-os-pe-KHA et-ma-a-SE-kha min-ha-sa-DE
Exegesis
The verse employs a chiastic parallelism centered on vechag haqatsir {וְחַג הַקָּצִיר | wə-ḥagg ha-qā-ṣîr} ‘Festival of the harvest’ and vechag haasif {וְחַג הָאָסִף | wə-ḥagg hā-ʾāśîp̄} ‘Festival of the ingathering’.
Root and etymology
ח־ג־ג
“celebrate festival”
In context — Exodus 23:16
And the Festival of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labor, which you sow in the field, and the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the produce of your labor.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 23:16, so the Hebrew word וְחַ֤ג (vekhag) 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 Exod.23.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.16.W1.S1) and character.