לְ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ
𐤋/𐤇𐤃𐤔
chôdesh
of the month
The visible new crescent of the moon marking the start of a month; by extension, the period between successive new moons constituting a calendrical month. The term fundamentally refers to a discrete point in the lunar cycle, but develops a broader sense indicating the entire lunar month in Israelite calendrical reckoning.
mwezi "moon; month" (Tshiluba) · ngɔ́ndɛ "moon" (Ngombe) · ngonde "moon" (Kongo) +14 moreEsther 9:15 · Word #10
Lexicon H2320
| Lemma | חֹדֶשׁ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤃𐤔 |
| Transliteration | chôdesh |
| Strong's | H2320 |
| Definition | The visible new crescent of the moon marking the start of a month; by extension, the period between successive new moons constituting a calendrical month. The term fundamentally refers to a discrete point in the lunar cycle, but develops a broader sense indicating the entire lunar month in Israelite calendrical reckoning. |
Morphology HR/Ncmsc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | of the month |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2320-18
for the renewed-moon
| Morphological Notes | Preposition לְ ("to/for") + masculine singular noun חֹדֶשׁ in the absolute state. |
| Rendering Rationale | The preposition לְ adds "for/to," and the masculine singular noun חֹדֶשׁ derives from the root meaning "to renew." Rendering it "renewed-moon" preserves the core idea of lunar renewal rather than defaulting to the secondary sense "month." |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
of the month
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | P2 updates from P1 'for the renewed-moon' to 'of the month' to better fit the calendar context in English; 'chodesh' refers here to 'month' in the regular sense. |
Bantu Hebrew
לְ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ (chôdesh) — The visible new crescent of the moon marking the start of a month; by extension, the period between successive new moons constituting a calendrical month. The term fundamentally refers to a discrete point in the lunar cycle, but develops a broader sense indicating the entire lunar month in Israelite calendrical reckoning.