1 Samuel 20:18:41 Sam.20.18.W4TAB
חֹ֑דֶשׁ
khodesh
“new moon or new month”
- Transliteration
- KHO-desh
- Extended
- KHOH-dehsh
- IPA
- /ˈħoːdɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- new moon or new month
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHO-desh
- phraseyour reading level
ma-KHAR KHO-desh
- clause
va-YO-mer-LO ye-ho-na-TAN ma-KHAR KHO-desh
- sentence
va-YO-mer-LO ye-ho-na-TAN ma-KHAR KHO-desh ve-nif-kad-TA KI yip-pa-KED mo-sha-VE-kha
Exegesis
The noun chadashim {חֲדָשִׁים | ḥa-ḏā-šîm}, though plural, functions idiomatically as “new moon festival.”
Root and etymology
ḥ-d-šchet–dalet–shin
“new”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:18
Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the new moon , and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 20:18, so the Hebrew word חֹ֑דֶשׁ (khodesh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.20.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.18.W4.S1) and character.