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 וְ לֹא 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.’
month
- Genesis 8:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ‏וְ הַ מַּיִם הָיוּ הָלוֹךְ וְ חָסוֹר עַד הַחֹדֶשׁ הָ עֲשִׂירִי בָּ עֲשִׂירִי בְּ אֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ נִרְאוּ רָאשֵׁי הֶ הָרִים׃‎‎
  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.

Declension

Declension of חֹדֶשׁ‎

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	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)

Anagrams

חשוד‎, שוחד‎

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חֹדֶשׁ‎ (khódesh).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

month

Synonyms

מאָנאַט‎ (monat)

Derived terms

חודשלעך‎ (khoydeshlekh)
גוט חודש‎ (gut khoydesh), אַ גוטן חודש‎ (a gutn khoydesh)

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