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חַגַּי

𐤇𐤂𐤉

Chagay

H2292 noun

SILEX Entry

Root חג to celebrate a festival, keep a feast, make pilgrimage

Definition

Personal name meaning 'Festive' or 'My feast,' most notably used as the name of a prophet active during the early Persian period. As a personal name, it carries the sense of one born on or associated with a festival, or characterized by joy/festivity.

Semantic Range

personal name meaning festive, belonging to a feast; only attested as a proper name in the Hebrew Bible (the prophet Haggai)

Root / Etymology

From the Hebrew root חָגּ (חג), meaning 'feast' or 'festival.' The personal name is derived with a pronominal suffix or adjectival formation, resulting in 'festive' or 'my feast.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

חַגַּי appears only as a personal name in the Hebrew Bible, specifically identifying the prophet active after the Babylonian exile during the early Persian period (late 6th century BCE). The name likely reflects his association with either temple festivities or a birth during a festival period, though the precise reason for the name remains unclear. As a name, it is part of a broader trend of theophoric and festal names in postexilic Yehud, often expressing hope or joy. In English tradition, the name is rendered 'Haggai,' and in later periods, this figure becomes important within Jewish, Christian, and, to a lesser extent, Islamic tradition as a prophet who encouraged the rebuilding of the Second Temple. The term does not appear as a common noun; it is a proper name. The standard English translation 'Haggai' does not convey the semantic element of 'festivity' or 'feast' present in the Hebrew.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from חַג; festive; Chaggai, a Hebrew prophet; Haggai.

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Root Family

חג (ḥ-g) — celebrate a festival, keep a feast, make pilgrimage

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H2293 חַגִּיָּה Festival-of-Yah

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H2292-01 חַגַּ֣י chagay HNp Haggai My Feast 11

Occurrences in Scripture

11 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H2292-01 Haggai 1:1 חַגַּ֣י chagay HNp Haggai My Feast
H2292-01 Haggai 1:3 חַגַּ֥י chagay HNp Haggai My Feast
H2292-01 Haggai 1:12 חַגַּ֣י chagay HNp Haggai My Feast
H2292-01 Haggai 1:13 חַגַּ֞י chagay HNp Haggai My Feast
H2292-01 Haggai 2:1 חַגַּ֥י chagay HNp Haggai My Feast
H2292-01 Haggai 2:10 חַגַּ֥י chagay HNp Haggai My Feast
H2292-01 Haggai 2:13 חַגַּ֔י chagay HNp Haggai My Feast
H2292-01 Haggai 2:14 חַגַּ֜י chagay HNp Haggai My Feast
H2292-01 Haggai 2:20 חַגַּ֔י chagay HNp Haggai My Feast
H2292-01 Ezra 5:1 חַגַּ֣י chagay ANp Haggai My Feast
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