אֶת־חַ֥ג

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־חַ֥ג

   et-KHAG

   {direct object marker} the feast
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־חַ֥ג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃

   et-KHAG ha-su-KOT

   {direct object marker} the feast the booths
3. clause🔊 וְעָל֞וּ מִדֵּ֧י שָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֗ה לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺת֙ לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְלָחֹ֖ג אֶת־חַ֥ג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃

   ve-a-LU mi-DE sha-NA ve-sha-NA le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-su-KOT

   and they shall go up from as often as, as often as a year in a year, year by year to bow down, to worship to the king the LORD of hosts and to keep festival, and to celebrate {direct object marker} the feast the booths
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֗ה כָּל־הַנּוֹתָר֙ מִכָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם הַבָּאִ֖ים עַל־יְרֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְעָל֞וּ מִדֵּ֧י שָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֗ה לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺת֙ לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְלָחֹ֖ג אֶת־חַ֥ג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃

   ve-ha-YA kol-ha-no-TAR mi-kol-ha-go-YIM ha-ba-IM al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-a-LU mi-DE sha-NA ve-sha-NA le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-su-KOT

   and it shall be all the remaining one or ones from all the nations the ones coming against Jerusalem and they shall go up from as often as, as often as a year in a year, year by year to bow down, to worship to the king the LORD of hosts and to keep festival, and to celebrate {direct object marker} the feast the booths

Exegesis

Finally, the coordinated infinitive velachog et chag hasukkot {וְלָחֹ֖ג אֶת־חַג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת | wə-lā-ḥōg ʾet-ḥag ha-suk-kōt} ‘and to celebrate the feast of booths’ adds a related purpose element. This structure emphasizes both the annual pilgrimage and the nations’ homage to the sovereign LORD.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־ג־גchet–gimel–gimel

“to observe a festival”

• 🔊 חֲגִיגָהḥă-gî-gāfestival offeringExodus 23:18