- חַגָּא
- חַגָּאI ch. sam( חָג m. (b. h.; חגג; cmp. מוֹעֵד, אֵיד) the Feast of Booths with its Eighth Day of Convocation). Targ. Deut. 16:16.Targ. Y. Gen. 18:14 זמן ח׳ (h. text מועד); a. fr.Ḥag.10b (ref. to Ex. 12:14) how can you prove that this ḥag means (festive) offering, דילמא חוגו חגאוכ׳ perhaps it means ‘celebrate a feast?Ib. דילמא … אכלו … וחוגו ח׳וכ׳ perhaps the text means to say, ‘eat and drink and have a feast (rejoice) before me (without alluding to special pilgrims offerings)?Ib. (ref. to Ex. 23:18) ואיס״ד דחגא הואוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. דחוגא) if you would say, חַגִּי means feast (merry-making) Koh. R. to III, 2 בין ח׳וכ׳ between the Feast of Booths and Ḥănuckah. Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a; a. fr.Pl. חַגַּיָּא, חַגִּין. Targ. Ez. 46:11; a. fr.
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