H2283

חָגָּא

cha.gaH:N-F

terror

terror, a reeling (in terror)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חָגָּא noun [feminine] reeling (Aramaism for חגה Ew§ 173 b, by copyist's error Di) — וְהָֽיְתָהל֗֗֗מצרים ׳לח Isa 19:17 and the land of Judah shall become to Egypt a reeling, i.e. Egypt shall reel in terror at the sight of it (|| יִפְחָ֑ד; this meaning may either be from an original sense of חגג, or = be excited as at a חָג, compare חנג 3).


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