1 Samuel 20:5:41 Sam.20.5.W4TAB
הִנֵּה־חֹ֙דֶשׁ֙
hinekhodesh
“behold, new moon or month”
- Transliteration
- hi-NE-KHO-desh
- Extended
- hih-NEH-khoh-DEHSH
- IPA
- /hin.neːˈħoː.dɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- behold, new moon or month
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
hi-NE-KHO-desh
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-na-TAN hi-NE-KHO-desh ma-KHAR ve-a-no-KHI ya-SHOV-e-SHEV
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-na-TAN hi-NE-KHO-desh ma-KHAR ve-a-no-KHI ya-SHOV-e-SHEV im-ha-ME-lekh le-e-KHOL ve-shi-la-KH-TA-ni ve-nis-tar-TI va-sa-DE ad ha-E-rev ha-she-li-SHIT
Exegesis
Lekha hayom chadash {לְךָ הַיּוֹם חֲדַשׁ} forms a temporal prepositional clause.
Root and etymology
ḥ-d-shchet–dalet–shin
“to renew, be new”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:5
And David said, “Then it will be the new moon day, and you will dine with the king, but I will go and hide myself in the field until the evening of the third day.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 20:5, so the Hebrew word הִנֵּה־חֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ (hinekhodesh) 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.20.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.5.W4.S1) and character.