Passover Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== {{Jews and Judaism sidebar}} The [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] {{lang|hbo|{{Script/Hebrew|פֶּסַח}}}} is rendered as [[Tiberian Hebrew|Tiberian]] {{IPA-he|pɛsaħ||He-Pesach.ogg}}, and [[Modern Hebrew]]: {{IPA-he|ˈpesaχ|}} {{transliteration|he|Pesah, Pesakh}}. The verb {{transliteration|hbo|pasàch}} ({{lang|hbo|פָּסַח}}) is first mentioned in the [[Torah]]'s account of [[the Exodus]] from Egypt,<ref name="bibleverse|Exodus|12:23|HE">{{bibleverse|Exodus|12:23|HE}}</ref> and there is some debate about its exact meaning. The commonly held assumption that it means "He passed over" ({{lang|hbo|[[:wikt:פסח|פסח]]}}), in reference to God "passing over" (or "skipping") the houses of the Hebrews during the final of the Ten [[Plagues of Egypt]], stems from the translation provided in the [[Septuagint]] ({{lang-grc|παρελεύσεται|pareleusetai}} in Exodus 12:23,<ref name="bibleverse|Exodus|12:23|HE"/> and {{lang-grc|ἐσκέπασεν|eskepasen|label=none}} in Exodus 12:27.)<ref name="bibleverse|Exodus|12:27|HE"/> [[Targum Onkelos]] translates {{transliteration|hbo|pesach}} as {{transliteration|he|ve-yeiḥos}} ({{lang-he|וְיֵחוֹס|we-yēḥôs}}), "he had pity", coming from the Hebrew root {{lang|he|חסה}}, meaning "to have pity".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.12.23?with=Onkelos+Exodus&lang=bi&aliyot=0|title=Exodus 12:23|website=www.sefaria.org|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806040243/https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.12.23?with=Onkelos+Exodus&lang=bi&aliyot=0|url-status=live}}</ref> Cognate languages yield similar terms with distinct meanings, such as "make soft, soothe, placate" ([[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] {{transliteration|akk|passahu}}), "harvest, commemoration, blow" ([[Egyptian language|Egyptian]]), or "separate" ([[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{transliteration|ar|fsh}}).<ref>Prosic, p. 32.</ref> The term ''Pesach'' (Hebrew: {{lang|he|פֶּסַח}}, {{transliteration|he|Pesaḥ}}) may also refer to the [[Domestic sheep|lamb]] or [[Domestic goat|goat]] which was designated as the Passover sacrifice (called the {{transliteration|he|[[Korban Pesach]]}} in Hebrew). Four days before the Exodus, the Hebrews were commanded to set aside a lamb,<ref name="bibleverse|Exodus|12:3|HE">{{bibleverse|Exodus|12:3|HE}}</ref> and inspect it daily for blemishes. During the day on the 14th of Nisan, they were to slaughter the animal and use its blood to mark their [[Post and lintel|lintels and door posts]]. Before midnight on the 15th of Nisan they were to consume the lamb. The English term ''Passover'' is first known to be recorded in the [[English language]] in [[William Tyndale]]'s translation of the Bible,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/01/09/132788787/King-James-Bibles-Anniversary-Puts-Focus-On-Prior-Version|title=King James Bible Borrowed From Earlier Translation|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806113303/https://www.npr.org/2011/01/09/132788787/King-James-Bibles-Anniversary-Puts-Focus-On-Prior-Version|url-status=live}}</ref> later appearing in the [[King James Version]] as well. It is a literal translation of the Hebrew term.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gilad|first=Elon|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-the-etymological-haggadah-1.5345148|title=The Enigmatic Origins of the Words of the Passover Seder|date=April 1, 2015|work=Haaretz|access-date=April 22, 2020|language=en|archive-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422205416/https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-the-etymological-haggadah-1.5345148|url-status=live}}</ref> In the King James Version, Exodus 12:23 reads: {{blockquote|For the {{LORD}} will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the {{LORD}} will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.<ref>{{bibleverse|Exodus|12:23|KJV|}} ([[King James Version]] 1611)</ref>}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page