Editing Passover (section)

==Etymology==
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{{langx|hbo|פֶּסַח}} is rendered as [[Tiberian Hebrew|Tiberian]] {{IPA|he|pɛsaħ||He-Pesach.ogg}}, and [[Modern Hebrew]]: {{IPA|he|ˈpesaχ|}} {{transliteration|he|Pesaḥ, Pesakh}}. The verb {{transliteration|hbo|pāsaḥ}} ({{lang|hbo|פָּסַח}}) is first mentioned in the [[Torah]]'s account of the Exodus,<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 ({{langx|grc|παρελεύσεται|pareleusetai}} in Exodus 12:23,<ref name="bibleverse|Exodus|12:23|HE"/> and {{langx|grc|ἐσκέπασεν|eskepasen|label=none}} in Exodus 12:27.)<ref name="bibleverse|Exodus|12:27|HE"/> The [[Targum Onkelos]], written in [[Jewish Babylonian Aramaic]], translates {{transliteration|hbo|pesach}} as {{langx|he|וְיֵחוֹס|wəyēḥos|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]] {{transliteration|ar|fsh}}).<ref>Prosic, p.&nbsp;32.</ref>

Pesach may also refer to the [[domestic sheep|lamb]] or [[domestic goat|goat]] which was designated as the Passover sacrifice. 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 14th Nisan, they were to slaughter the animal and use its blood to mark their [[Post and lintel|lintels and door posts]]. Before midnight on 15th 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>}}