I. חֹ֫דֶשׁ 282 noun masculineGenesis 7:11 (
feminine MT
Genesis 38:24 but
masculine Sam Di)
(newness), new moon, month (on formation compare Lg
BN 144; on usage, names, etc., Muss-Arn
JBL 1892, 72 ff., 160 ff.) —
ח׳ absolute
Genesis 7:11 +; construct (rare)
Genesis 29:14 +; suffix
חָדְשׁוֺ Numbers 28:14 +
2 times;
חָדְשָׁהּ Hosea 2:13;
Jeremiah 2:24; plural
חֳדָשִׁים Genesis 38:24 +; construct
חָדְשֵׁי Exodus 12:2 +
2 times; suffix
חֳדָשָׁיו Job 14:5 +
2 times;
חָדְשֵׁיכֶם Isaiah 1:14;
Numbers 28:11;
חָדְשֵׁכֶם Numbers 10:10; —
†1. new moon = day, time, of new moon, as religious festival
1 Samuel 20:5,
18,
24,
27,
34 (Dr); compare
יאֹכְלֵם ח׳ Hosea 5:7 a new moon shall devour them, Hi St VB, but on text see We; usually ||
שַׁבָּת Amos 8:5;
2 Kings 4:23;
Isaiah 1:13 (+
קְרֹא מִקְרָא),
מִדֵּי חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֺ Isaiah 66:23,
Ezekiel 46:1,
6 (both
יוֺם הַח׳),
1 Chronicles 23:31;
2 Chronicles 2:3;
2 Chronicles 8:13;
31:3;
Nehemiah 10:34 (all +
מוֺעֵד),
Hosea 2:13;
Ezekiel 45:17 (both +
חג,
מועד); ||
מוֺעֵד alone
Isaiah 1:14;
Ezekiel 3:5; ||
יוֺם חַגֵּנוּ Psalm 81:4; (compare
ראֹשׁ הַח׳ Numbers 10:10;
Numbers 28:11; on religious observance of new moon compare Di
Lv p. 578 f Benz
Archäol. § 69); as time of augury in Babylon (astrological prognostication)
Isaiah 47:13.
2. month (as beginning with new moon, lunar month; compare BenzArchäol. § 30, but then, without reference to day of beginning);
†a. as measure of time during which
Genesis 38:24 (J),
Numbers 11:20,
21 (JE),
Numbers 9:22 (P),
Judges 11:37,
38,
39;
Judges 20:47;
1 Samuel 6:1;
1 Samuel 27:7;
2 Samuel 2:11;
2 Samuel 5:5;
2 Samuel 6:11;
2 Samuel 24:8,
13 =
1 Chronicles 21:12;
Amos 4:7;
1 Kings 4:7;
1 Kings 5:7; 1 Kings 5:28 (
3 times in verse);
1 Kings 11:16;
2 Kings 15:8;
2 Kings 23:31;
2 Kings 24:8;
Ezekiel 39:12,
14;
1 Chronicles 3:4;
1 Chronicles 13:14;
2 Chronicles 36:2,
9;
Esther 2:12 (
3 times in verse). In
1 Samuel 10:27b read probably
כְּמֵחֹדֶשׁ for MT
כמחרישׁ, and join to
1 Samuel 11:1, so

We Dr (compare
Genesis 38:24); in combinations,
יָמִים ח׳ a month (of)
time (compare
יֶרַח ימים Deuteronomy 21:1;
2 Kings 15:13)
Genesis 29:14 (J),
Numbers 11:20,
26 (JE),
ימים ארבעה ח׳ Judges 19:2; of age
מִסְפַּר־ח׳ number of his months =length of his life
Job 14:5;
Job 21:21; compare especially
בֶּןחֿ׳ Leviticus 27:6;
Numbers 3:15,
22,
28,
34,
39,
40,
43;
Numbers 18:16;
Numbers 26:22 (all P). †
b. calendar months,
(2) merely numbered (chiefly P and late) e.g.
הַשֵּׁנִי בַּח׳ Genesis 7:11, compare
Genesis 8:4,
5,
14;
Leviticus 16:29;
Numbers 1:1,
18 (all P) + often P;
Deuteronomy 1:3 (P),
1 Kings 12:32;
1 Kings 12:33; 1 Kings 25:1; 1 Kings 25:3; 1 Kings 25:8; 1 Kings 25:25; 1 Kings 25:27;
Jeremiah 1:3 +
11 times Jeremiah;
Ezekiel 24:1;
Ezekiel 32:1;
Haggai 1:1,
15;
Zechariah 1:1;
Zechariah 7:1,
13;
1 Chronicles 12:15, compare entire list
1 Chronicles 27:2-15;
2 Chronicles 3:2 +
12 times 2 Chronicles;
Ezra 3:1 +
10 times Ezra;
Nehemiah 7:72;
Nehemiah 8:2,
14;
Esther 3:12; note especially
הַזֶּה לָכֶם ראֹשׁ חָדָשִׁ֑ים רִאשׁוֺן הוּא לָכֶם הַח׳ Exodus 12:2 (P), as implying that the 1st mo. was formerly
not in the spring; observe also usage of omitting
ח׳, e.g.
בָּרִאשׁוֺן =
הָר׳ בַּח׳ Genesis 8:13, compare
Genesis 8:5; so commonly in Ezekiel: —
Ezekiel 1:1;
Ezekiel 8:1;
Ezekiel 20:1;
Ezekiel 29:1,
17;
Ezekiel 30:20;
Ezekiel 31:1;
Ezekiel 33:21;
Ezekiel 45:18,
21,
25 +
Ezekiel 26:1;
Ezekiel 32:17;
Ezekiel 45:20 Co; (
ח׳ sometimes expressed, see
Ezekiel 24:1;
Ezekiel 32:1 above; on like usage with
יום see
יום).
(3) special phrases and usages are: — †
עֹלַת חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֺ לְחָדְשֵׁי שָׁנָה Numbers 28:14 (P; compare
יום, and
Isaiah 66:23 above
1);
מִיּוֺם לְיוֺם וּמֵחֹדֶשׁ לְחֹדֶשׁ Esther 3:7 from day to day and from month to month;
חָדְשָׁהּ Jeremiah 2:24 of wild she-ass's mating time.†
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