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gamal, which the Arabs pronounce as j. The Law of Moses
uses this very word hagag or haghagh (1) when it orders
the festival ceremonies to be performed. The word signifies
to compass a building, an altar or a stone by running round
it at a regular and trained pace with the purpose of per-
forming a religious festival of rejoicing and chanting. In
the East the Christians still practice what they call higga
either during their festival days or at weddings. Consequently,
this word has nothing to do with pilgrimage, which is derived
from the Italian pellegrino, and this also from the Latin per-
egrinus - meaning a "foreigner."
Footnotes:
(1) Unlilke the Arabs, both the Hebrew as well as the Aramaic peoples
have no j sound in their alphabet; their third letter, gamal, when
hard has a g sound and when soft or aspirate becomes guttural and
uses this very word hagag or haghagh (1) when it orders
the festival ceremonies to be performed. The word signifies
to compass a building, an altar or a stone by running round
it at a regular and trained pace with the purpose of per-
forming a religious festival of rejoicing and chanting. In
the East the Christians still practice what they call higga
either during their festival days or at weddings. Consequently,
this word has nothing to do with pilgrimage, which is derived
from the Italian pellegrino, and this also from the Latin per-
egrinus - meaning a "foreigner."
Footnotes:
(1) Unlilke the Arabs, both the Hebrew as well as the Aramaic peoples
have no j sound in their alphabet; their third letter, gamal, when
hard has a g sound and when soft or aspirate becomes guttural and