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Psalms 107:27
“They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָגַגchâgag · khaw-gag'
H2287 · Hebrew
H2287 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to move in acircle, i.e. (specifically) to march in asacred procession, to observe afestival; by implication, to be giddy
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H2283 (חָגָא), H2328 (חוּג));
- KJV renderings
- celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.
- Grammar
- יָח֣וֹגּוּ — verb Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 5:1Exodus 12:14Exodus 12:14Exodus 23:14Leviticus 23:39
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָגַג here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.