# חודש
## Hebrew
### Etymology

Compare Ugaritic 𐎈𐎄𐎘 (ḥdṯ, “new moon”), Phoenician 𐤇𐤃𐤔 (ḥdš, “new moon, month”).

### Noun

חודש / חֹדֶשׁ • (khódesh) m (dual indefinite חודשיים / חׇדְשַׁיִם, plural indefinite חודשים / חֳדָשִׁים, plural construct חודשי / חׇדְשֵׁי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]
* (biblical) first day of the month, the day of the new moon
** Tanach, 2 Kings 4:23, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וַיֹּאמֶר מַדּוּעַ אתי (אַתְּ) הלכתי (הֹלֶכֶת) אֵלָיו הַיּוֹם לֹא־חֹדֶשׁ וְלֹא שַׁבָּת וַתֹּאמֶר שָׁלוֹם׃vayómer madúa' 'át holékhet 'eláv hayóm lo-khódesh v'ló shabát vatómer shalóm. wayyṓmer maddū́aʿ ʾatt hōléḵeṯ ʾēlāw hayyōm lō-ḥṓḏeš wəlō šabbāṯ wattṓmer šālōm.And he said: ‘Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? it is neither new moon nor sabbath.’ And she said: ‘It shall be well.’
* month
    Synonym: יֶרַח (yérakh)
** Tanach, Genesis 8:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וְהַמַּיִם הָיוּ הָלוֹךְ וְחָסוֹר עַד הַחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִי בָּעֲשִׂירִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ נִרְאוּ רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים׃v'hamáyim hayú halókh v'khasór 'ád hakhódesh ha'asirí ba'asirí b'ekhád lakhódesh nir'ú rashéi heharím. wəhammáyim hāyū hālōḵ wəḥāsōr ʿaḏ haḥṓḏeš hāʿăśīrī bāʿăśīrī bəʾeḥāḏ laḥṓḏeš nirʾū rāšē hehārīm.And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

#### Declension

| Number | Isolated forms | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns |
| Number | State | Form | Person | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Number | State | Form | Person | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| singular | indefinite | חֹדֶשׁ | first | חׇדְשִׁי | חׇדְשִׁי | חׇדְשֵׁנוּ | חׇדְשֵׁנוּ |
| singular | definite | הַחֹדֶשׁ | second | חׇדְשְׁךָ | חׇדְשֵׁךְ | חׇדְשְׁכֶם | חׇדְשְׁכֶן |
| singular | construct | חֹדֶשׁ־ | third | חׇדְשׁוֹ | חׇדְשָׁהּ | חׇדְשָׁם | חׇדְשָׁן |
| dual | indefinite | חדשיים / חׇדְשַׁיִם | first | חדשיי / חׇדְשַׁי | חדשיי / חׇדְשַׁי | חׇדְשֵׁינוּ | חׇדְשֵׁינוּ |
| dual | definite | החדשיים / הַחׇדְשַׁיִם | second | חׇדְשֶׁיךָ | חדשייך / חׇדְשַׁיִךְ | חׇדְשֵׁיכֶם | חׇדְשֵׁיכֶן |
| dual | construct | חׇדְשֵׁי־ | third | חׇדְשָׁיו | חׇדְשֶׁיהָ | חׇדְשֵׁיהֶם | חׇדְשֵׁיהֶן |
| plural | indefinite | חֳדָשִׁים | first | חדשיי / חֳדָשַׁי | חדשיי / חֳדָשַׁי | חֳדָשֵׁינוּ | חֳדָשֵׁינוּ |
| plural | definite | הַחֳדָשִׁים | second | חֳדָשֶׁיךָ | חדשייך / חֳדָשַׁיִךְ | חׇדְשֵׁיכֶם | חׇדְשֵׁיכֶן |
| plural | construct | חׇדְשֵׁי־ | third | חֳדָשָׁיו | חֳדָשֶׁיהָ | חׇדְשֵׁיהֶם | חׇדְשֵׁיהֶן |

#### Derived terms

* חודשי / חׇדְשִׁי (chodshí)
* ראש חודש / רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ (rōš ḥṓḏeš)

#### Descendants

* → Yiddish: חודש (khoydesh)

#### References

* H2320 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* “חודש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

### Anagrams

* חשוד, שוחד

## Yiddish
### Etymology

From Hebrew חֹדֶשׁ (khódesh).

### Pronunciation

* (YIVO, Poylish, Ukraynish) IPA: /ˈχɔɪ̯dəʃ/
** Audio:(file)
* (Northeastern) IPA: /ˈχeɪ̯dəʃ/

### Noun

חודש • (khoydesh) m, plural חדשים (khadoshem)
* month

#### Synonyms

* מאָנאַט (monat)

#### Derived terms

* חודשלעך (khoydeshlekh)
* גוט חודש (gut khoydesh), אַ גוטן חודש (a gutn khoydesh)