〈mensis〉 ‘month’
〈—〉 wrš ‘lunar month’
〈ITI〉 arḫu ‘month’
〈μείς〉 meis ‘month’
חֹדֶשׁ
ḥōd̲eš
Hebrew noun
Last edited: 2024-11-03| Primary meaning | month |
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| Literal translation | new-moon |
| Variants | חֹדֶשׁ ḥōd̲eš |
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month unit of time
נִלְאֵ֖ית בְּרֹ֣ב עֲצָתָ֑יִךְ יַעַמְדוּ־נָ֨א וְיוֹשִׁיעֻ֜ךְ (הברו) [הֹבְרֵ֣י] שָׁמַ֗יִם הַחֹזִים֙ בַּכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים מֽוֹדִעִים֙ לֶחֳדָשִׁ֔ים מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָבֹ֖אוּ עָלָֽיִךְ׃
nilʾêt̲ bərōb̲ ʿăṣāt̲āyik̲ yaʿamd̲û-nāʾ wəyôšîʿuk̲ (hb̲rw) [hōb̲ərê] šāmayim haḥōzîm bakkôk̲āb̲îm môd̲iʿîm leḥŏd̲āšîm mēʾăšer yāb̲ōʾû ʿālāyik̲.
‘You are helpless, despite all your art. Let them stand up and help you now, The scanners of heaven, the star-gazers, Who announce, month by month, Whatever will come upon you.’
new moon lunar phase
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל־יְהוֹנָתָ֗ן הִֽנֵּה־חֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ מָחָ֔ר וְאָנֹכִ֛י יָשֹׁב־אֵשֵׁ֥ב עִם־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֶאֱכ֑וֹל וְשִׁלַּחְתַּ֙נִי֙ וְנִסְתַּרְתִּ֣י בַשָּׂדֶ֔ה עַ֖ד הָעֶ֥רֶב הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁית׃
wayyōʾmer dāwid̲ ʾel-yəhônāt̲ān hinnēh-ḥōd̲eš māḥār wəʾānōk̲î yāšōb̲-ʾēšēb̲ ʿim-hammelek̲ leʾĕk̲ôl wəšillaḥtanî wənistartî b̲aśśād̲eh ʿad̲ hāʿereb̲ haššəlišît̲.
‘David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am to sit with the king at the meal. Instead, let me go and I will hide in the countryside until the third evening.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). חֹדֶשׁ (Lemma #1953). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1953/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). חֹדֶשׁ (Lemma #1953). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1953/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). חֹדֶשׁ (Lemma #1953). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1953/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) חֹדֶשׁ (Lemma #1953), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1953/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1953,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {חֹדֶשׁ ({Lemma} #1953)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1953/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1953/},
}