חודש

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חודש

/ˈχodeʃ/ Modern Israeli

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Compare Ugaritic 𐎈𐎄𐎘 (ḥdṯ, “new moon”), Phoenician 𐤇𐤃𐤔 (ḥdš, “new moon, month”). Related to חָדָשׁ (khadásh, “new”) and originally merely referring to the new moon, which marks the beginning of a month in a lunar calender.

noun חֹדֶשׁ · khódesh · חודשיים · חׇדְשַׁיִם · חודשים · חֳדָשִׁים

masculine month וְהַמַּיִם הָיוּ הָלוֹךְ וְחָסוֹר עַד הַחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִי בָּעֲשִׂירִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ נִרְאוּ רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים׃
Similar: יֶרַח
Biblical, masculine new moon, the day of the new moon וַיֹּאמֶר מַדּוּעַ אתי (אַתְּ) הלכתי (הֹלֶכֶת) אֵלָיו הַיּוֹם לֹא־חֹדֶשׁ וְלֹא שַׁבָּת וַתֹּאמֶר שָׁלוֹם׃

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {חודש},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}