חודש

Etymology

Compare Ugaritic 𐎈𐎄𐎘 (ḥdṯ, “new moon”), Phoenician 𐤇𐤃𐤔‎ (ḥdš, “new moon, month”).

Noun

חודש \ חֹדֶשׁ • (khódesh) m (dual indefinite חודשיים \ חָדְשַׁיִם‎, plural indefinite חודשים \ חֳדָשִׁים‎) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. (biblical) first day of the month, the day of the new moon
   • 2 Kings 4:23, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיֹּאמֶר מַדּוּעַ אתי (אַתְּ) הלכתי (הֹלֶכֶת) אֵלָיו הַיּוֹם לֹא־חֹדֶשׁ וְלֹא שַׁבָּת וַתֹּאמֶר שָׁלוֹם׃‎‎

     vayómer madúa' 'át holékhet 'eláv hayóm lo-khódesh v'ló shabát vatómer shalóm.
     wayyṓmer maddū́aʿ ʾatt hōléḵeṯ ʾēlāw hayyōm lō-ḥṓḏeš wəlō šabbāṯ wattṓmer šālōm.

     And he said: ‘Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? it is neither new moon nor sabbath.’ And she said: ‘It shall be well.’

2. month
   • Genesis 8:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וְהַמַּיִם הָיוּ הָלוֹךְ וְחָסוֹר עַד הַחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִי בָּעֲשִׂירִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ נִרְאוּ רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים׃‎‎

     v'hamáyim hayú halókh v'khasór 'ád hakhódesh ha'asirí ba'asirí b'ekhád lakhódesh nir'ú rashéi heharím.
     wəhammáyim hāyū hālōḵ wəḥāsōr ʿaḏ haḥṓḏeš hāʿăśīrī bāʿăśīrī bəʾeḥāḏ laḥṓḏeš nirʾū rāšē hehārīm.

     And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Anagrams

• חשוד‎, שוחד‎

Etymology

From Hebrew חודש \ חֹדֶשׁ‎ (khódesh).

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Poylish, Ukraynish) IPA^(key): /ˈχɔɪ̯dəʃ/
• (Litvish) IPA^(key): /ˈχɛɪ̯dəʃ/

Noun

חודש • (khoydesh) m, plural חדשים‎ (khadoshem)

1. month