English Explanatory Dictionary

hagigah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sacrificial offering at one of the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles).
  2. The tractate from the Talmud that deals with these offerings.

Pronunciation

/xɑːɡiːˈɡɑː/

Word forms

hagigah hagigahs chagigah Hagiga

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew חֲגִיגָה (ḥagiga, “celebration, pilgrimage, festival offering”), derived from the root ח־ג־ג (ḥ-g-g, “celebrate, make a pilgrimage”). Cognate to Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”).

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