בְּ/חֹ֖דֶשׁ
𐤁/𐤇𐤃𐤔
chôdesh
in the month
The visible new crescent of the moon marking the start of a month; by extension, the period between successive new moons constituting a calendrical month. The term fundamentally refers to a discrete point in the lunar cycle, but develops a broader sense indicating the entire lunar month in Israelite calendrical reckoning.
mwezi "moon; month" (Tshiluba) · ngɔ́ndɛ "moon" (Ngombe) · ngonde "moon" (Kongo) +14 moreExodus 13:4 · Word #4
Lexicon H2320
| Lemma | חֹדֶשׁ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤃𐤔 |
| Transliteration | chôdesh |
| Strong's | H2320 |
| Definition | The visible new crescent of the moon marking the start of a month; by extension, the period between successive new moons constituting a calendrical month. The term fundamentally refers to a discrete point in the lunar cycle, but develops a broader sense indicating the entire lunar month in Israelite calendrical reckoning. |
Morphology HR/Ncmsc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | in the month |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2320-04
in new-moon renewal
| Morphological Notes | Preposition ב + masculine singular construct noun חֹדֶשׁ (common noun). |
| Rendering Rationale | The preposition ב is rendered "in," attached to the masculine singular construct noun חֹדֶשׁ. "New-moon renewal" preserves the root sense of renewedness tied to the lunar cycle, reflecting the foundational meaning of cyclical renewal rather than defaulting to the later generalized sense "month." |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
in the month
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | 'in new-moon renewal' is too technical for the contextual use here; the standard rendering for בְּחֹדֶשׁ is 'in the month' in date references. |
Bantu Hebrew
בְּ/חֹ֖דֶשׁ (chôdesh) — The visible new crescent of the moon marking the start of a month; by extension, the period between successive new moons constituting a calendrical month. The term fundamentally refers to a discrete point in the lunar cycle, but develops a broader sense indicating the entire lunar month in Israelite calendrical reckoning.