חודש
Hebrew
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]
- (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.’
- vayómer madúa' 'át holékhet 'eláv hayóm lo-khódesh v'ló shabát vatómer shalóm.
- 2 Kings 4:23, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- 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.
- v'hamáyim hayú halókh v'khasór 'ád hakhódesh ha'asirí ba'asirí b'ekhád lakhódesh nir'ú rashéi heharím.
- Genesis 8:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
Declension
Declension of חֹדֶשׁ
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | חֹדֶשׁ | first | חׇדְשִׁי | חׇדְשֵׁנוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֹדֶשׁ | second | חׇדְשְׁךָ | חׇדְשֵׁךְ | חׇדְשְׁכֶם | חׇדְשְׁכֶן | |
| construct | חֹדֶשׁ־ | third | חׇדְשׁוֹ | חׇדְשָׁהּ | חׇדְשָׁם | חׇדְשָׁן | |
| dual | indefinite | חדשיים \ חָדְשַׁיִם | first | חדשיי \ חָדְשַׁי | חָדְשֵׁינוּ | ||
| definite | החדשיים \ הַחָדְשַׁיִם | second | חָדְשֶׁיךָ | חדשייך \ חָדְשַׁיִךְ | חָדְשֵׁיכֶם | חָדְשֵׁיכֶן | |
| construct | חָדְשֵׁי־ | third | חָדְשָׁיו | חָדְשֶׁיהָ | חָדְשֵׁיהֶם | חָדְשֵׁיהֶן | |
| plural | indefinite | חֳדָשִׁים | first | חדשיי \ חֳדָשַׁי | חֳדָשֵׁינוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֳדָשִׁים | second | חֳדָשֶׁיךָ | חדשייך \ חֳדָשַׁיִךְ | חָדְשֵׁיכֶם | חָדְשֵׁיכֶן | |
| construct | חָדְשֵׁי־ | third | חֳדָשָׁיו | חֳדָשֶׁיהָ | חָדְשֵׁיהֶם | חָדְשֵׁיהֶן | |
Descendants
- → Yiddish: חודש (khoydesh)
Yiddish
Pronunciation
- (YIVO, Poylish, Ukraynish) IPA(key): /ˈχɔɪ̯dəʃ/
- (Litvish) IPA(key): /ˈχɛɪ̯dəʃ/
Synonyms
- מאָנאַט (monat)
Derived terms
- חודשלעך (khoydeshlekh)
- גוט חודש (gut khoydesh), אַ גוטן חודש (a gutn khoydesh)
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