Judges 20:47:13Judg.20.47.W13TAB
חֳדָשִֽׁים׃
khodashim
“months”
- Transliteration
- kho-da-SHIM
- Extended
- khoh-daa-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ħɔ̆.ðaːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- months
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kho-da-SHIM
- clause
va-yesh-VU be-SE-la rim-MON ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON SHESH me-OT ISH va-yesh-VU be-SE-la rim-MON ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
Finally, the temporal phrase arbaʿāh ḥôḏāšîm {אַרְבָּעָה חֳדָשִׁים | arbaʿāh ḥôḏāšîm} “four months” indicates duration in lunar cycles. English maintains this sequential flow and the precision of the Hebrew constructs.
Root and etymology
RootChet–Dalet–Shin
“new, renew”
In context — Judges 20:47
But six hundred men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they dwelled at the rock of Rimmon for four months .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:47:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 20:47, so the Hebrew word חֳדָשִֽׁים׃ (khodashim) 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 Judg.20.47.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.47.W13.S1) and character.