Lexicon
חַגִּית
chag.git
H2294
N:N-F-P Hebrew

Haggith

5
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

chag.git is a proper name identifying the mother of Adonijah in biblical genealogical and narrative notices.

The attested forms function as a proper personal name for the woman identified as Adonijah’s mother, both in son-of identification and in a genealogy.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in Adonijah’s maternal identification · dominant

    The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence. In 1 Kings 1:5 and 1 Kings 2:13, the APB renders Adonijah as the “son of Haggith”; 2 Samuel 3:4 and 1 Chronicles 3:2 identify her as his mother in lists of sons.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB presents the name in the phrases “son of Haggith” and “whose mother was Haggith.” These phrases confirm the verse-level maternal identification rather than isolate a separate lexical rendering.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture