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hagigah

/xɑːɡiːˈɡɑː/

hagigah noun: a sacrificial offering at one of the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles).

Noun

hagigah (countable and uncountable, plural hagigahs)

  1. A sacrificial offering at one of the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles).
    • The resolution points toward the rabbinic conclusion that lambs and kids are to be employed for the Passover flesh itself, while animals from the herd are to be used for a supplementary hagigah contribution.1997, H. M. Vroom, Martin Gosman, Holy Scriptures in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, →ISBN, page 77
  2. The tractate from the Talmud that deals with these offerings.

Forms of hagigah

pluralhagigahs
alternative formchagigah
alternative formChagigah
alternative formHagiga

Origin of hagigah

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”).

Questions about hagigah

What does hagigah mean?
Hagigah means a sacrificial offering at one of the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles).
What part of speech is hagigah?
Hagigah is a noun.
How do you pronounce hagigah?
Hagigah is pronounced /xɑːɡiːˈɡɑː/.
What is the plural of hagigah?
The plural of hagigah is hagigahs.

Words near hagigah in the dictionary

  1. hagi-
  2. Hagia Sophia
  3. hagiarchies
  4. hagiarchy
  5. Hagiga
  6. hagigah
  7. hagigahs
  8. Hagigas
  9. Hagin
  10. Hagins
  11. hagio-

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