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Threeשָׁלֹשׁtimesרְגָלִיםin the yearבַּשָּׁנָהyou shall hold a feastתָּחֹגfor me.לִי
Exodus 23:14
Study it in the app“Three times in the year you shall hold a feast for me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:14, word by word
- Threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- timesרְגָלִיםregalim
time
Each of the occasions when something happens.
Where else “regalim” appears- in the yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- you shall hold a feastתָּחֹגtachog
keep a festival
To rejoice before YHWH on a holy day.
Where else “tachog” appears
Translation note
These are the three feasts of verses 15-16: Unleavened Bread (with Passover), Harvest (also called Weeks or Pentecost), and Ingathering (also called Booths). See Leviticus 23 and Deuteronomy 16:1-17.
The context
13In all that I have said to you, take care. Do not mention the name of other gods; let it not be heard on your lips.
14 · This verse (above)
15The feast of Unleavened Bread you shall keep: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.