1 Samuel 20:24:51 Sam.20.24.W5TAB
הַחֹ֔דֶשׁ
hakhodesh
“the new moon or the month”
- Transliteration
- ha-KHO-desh
- Extended
- hah-KHOH-dehsh
- IPA
- /haˈħɔdɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the new moon or the month
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-KHO-desh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ha-KHO-desh
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-KHO-desh va-ye-SHEV ha-ME-lekh al-eL-ha-LE-khem le-e-KHOL
- sentence
va-yis-sa-TER da-VID ba-sa-DE va-ye-HI ha-KHO-desh va-ye-SHEV ha-ME-lekh al-eL-ha-LE-khem le-e-KHOL
Exegesis
The locative phrase ba-miśdā(h) {בַּמִּשְׂדָּה | ba-miś-dā(h)} identifies David’s hiding place, while ha-ḥōdeš {הַחֹדֶשׁ | ha-ḥō-deš} functions as a temporal boundary.
Root and etymology
ḥ-d-šchet–dalet–shin
“new, renew, month”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:24
And David hid in the field, and the month came, and the king sat down to eat.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 20:24, so the Hebrew word הַחֹ֔דֶשׁ (hakhodesh) 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.20.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.24.W5.S1) and character.