Exodus 34:22

“And the Feast of Weeks you shall observe for yourself, the first fruits of the harvest of wheat, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.”

Exodus 34:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 34:22, word by word

And the Feastחַגchag

festival

Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.

Where else “chag” appears
of Weeksשָׁבֻעֹתshavuot

week

Week: a period of seven days, or of seven years. At a wedding, the seven days of the feast.

Where else “shavuot” appears
you shall observeתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase

prepare

To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.

Where else “taase” appears
the first fruitsבִּכּוּרֵיbikure

firstfruits

Firstfruits: the first of the harvest to ripen, which was offered to God.

Where else “bikure” appears
of the harvestקְצִירketsir

harvest

To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.

Where else “ketsir” appears
of wheatחִטִּיםchitim

wheat

Wheat.

Where else “chitim” appears
of Ingatheringאָסִיףasif

ingathering

Ingathering: the gathering of the crops at the end of the farming year.

Where else “asif” appears
at the turnתְּקוּפַתtekufat

turn (of the year)

Turn, full cycle; the turn of the year.

Where else “tekufat” appears
of the yearשָּׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shana” appears

Translation note

The Feast of Weeks is celebrated seven weeks after Passover (Leviticus 23:15-16); in Greek it was called Pentecost (Acts 2:1).

The context

21Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall cease; in plowing time and in harvest you shall cease.

22 · This verse (above)

23Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord, YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.

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