pilgrims (festival-goers)

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pilgrims (festival-goers)

pilgrims (festival-goers)

Figuratively: pilgrims. Those who celebrate in Jerusalem during the pilgrimage festival (mo'ed means festival).

("The roads to Zion mourn for lack of festival pilgrims; all her gates are desolate, her priests sigh, her maidens are afflicted, and she is in bitterness" – Lamentations 1:4, and also: "You have been doubly ruined for lack of festival pilgrims; grass has grown on your path, and your trail is overgrown" – H.N. Bialik / At the Threshold of the Study House)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בָּאֵי מוֹעֵד

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: עוֹלֵי רֶגֶל. הַחוֹגְגִים בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם בְּעֵת עֲלִיָּה לְרֶגֶל (מוֹעֵד= חַג).

("דַּרְכֵי צִיּוֹן אֲבֵלוֹת מִבְּלִי בָּאֵי מוֹעֵד ,כָּל שְׁעָרֶיהָ שׁוֹמֵמִין כֹּהֲנֶיהָ נֶאֱנָחִים בְּתוּלֹתֶיהָ נּוּגוֹת, וְהִיא מַר לָהּ"- אֵיכָה א ד, וְכֵן: "חָרַבְתְּ מִבְּלִי בָּאֵי מוֹעֵד / עָלָה חָצִיר בִּמְסִלָּתְךָ וּשְׁבִילְךָ דִּשְׁאוֹ"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ עַל סַף בֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ)

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