לַ/חֹ֑דֶשׁ
𐤋/𐤇𐤃𐤔
chôdesh
day 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 moreJeremiah 39:2 · Word #8
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 HRd/Ncmsa
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 | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | day of the month |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2320-15
to the new-moon
| Morphological Notes | Preposition ל + definite article + masculine singular absolute noun. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun חֹדֶשׁ derives from the root meaning "to renew" and fundamentally denotes the renewed lunar crescent marking the start of a cycle. The prefixed ל and definite article yield "to the new-moon," preserving both the renewal concept and the singular masculine form. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
day of the month
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | P1 'to the new-moon' is literal but the context, as per SILEX, is formulaic dating—this means 'day of the month.' This adjustment follows convention for Hebrew date formulas. |
Bantu Hebrew
לַ/חֹ֑דֶשׁ (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.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| mwezi | moon; month | Tshiluba |
| ngɔ́ndɛ | moon | Ngombe |
| ngonde | moon | Kongo |
| kgwedi | moon; month | Sotho |
| mweri | moon; month | Kikuyu |
| ngonde | moon | Kuba (Lele) |
| ngɔ́ndɛ | moon | Lingala |
| mwezi | moon; month | Chichewa |
| omwezi | moon; month | Luganda |
| mwedzi | moon; month | Shona |
| ngwésa | moon; month | Sukuma |
| mwezi | moon; month | Swahili |
| umweshi | moon/month | Bemba |
| ngwedi | moon | Tswana |
| kgwedi | month | Tswana |
| Ngodè | the moon | Kongo |
| mwenshi | Moon, month | Bemba |