29:14 +; sf. חָדְשֹׁו Nu 28:14 + 2 times; חָדְשָׁהּ Ho 2:13 Je 2:2 4; pl. חֳדָשִׁים Gn 38:24 +; cstr. חָדְשֵׁי Ex 12:2 + 2 times; sf. חֳדָשָׁיו Jb 14:5 + 2 times; חָדְשֵׁיכֶם Is 1:14 Nu 28:1 1; חָדְשֵׁכֶם Nu 10:1 0; —• 1. new moon = day, time, of new moon, as religious festival 1 S 20:5 , 18 , 24 , 27 , 34 ( Dr ); cf. יֹאכְלֵם ח׳ Ho 5:7 a new moon shall devour them , Hi St V B, but on text v. We ; usually || שַׁבָּת Am 8:5 2 K 4:23 Is 1:13 ( + מִקְרָא קְרֹא ), מִדֵּי חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשֹׁו 66:2 3, Ez 46:1 , 6 (both יֹום הַח׳ ), 1 Ch 23:31 2 Ch 2: 3; 8:13 ; 31:3 Ne 10:34 (all + מֹועֵד ), Ho 2:13 Ez 45:17 (both + חג , מועד ); || מֹועֵד alone Is 1:14 Ez 3: 5; || יֹום חַגֵּנוּ ψ 81:4 ( cf. ראֹשׁ ח׳ Nu 10:1 0; 28:11 ; on religious observance of new moon cf. Di Lv p. 578 f Benz ^{Archäol § 69}); as time of augury in Babylon (astrolog. prognost.) Is 47:13 . • 2. month (as beginning with new moon, lunar month; cf. Benz ^{Archäol § 30}, but then, without ref. to day of beginning): • a. as measure of time during which Gn 38:24 ( J ), Nu 11:20 , 21 (JE), 9:22 ( P ), Ju 11:37 , 8 , 39 ; 20:47 1 S 6: 1; 27:7 2 S 2:1 1; 5:5 ; 6:11 ; 24:8 , 13 = 1 Ch 21:12 , Am 4:7 1 K 4: 7; 5:7 , 28 ^(×3); 11:16 2 K 15: 8; 23:31 ; 24:8 Ez 39:1 2, 14 1 Ch 3:4 ; 13:14 2 Ch 36: 2, 9 Est 2:12 ^(×3). In 1 S 10:27 b read prob. כְּמֵחֹדֶשׁ for MT כמחרישׁ , and join to 11:1 , so Ö We Dr ( cf. Gn 38:2 4); in combinatios, ח׳ יָמִים a month (of) time ( cf. יֶרַח ימים Dt 21:1 2 K 15:2 3) Gn 29:14 ( J ), Nu 11:20 , 26 (JE), ימים ארבעה ח׳ Ju 19: 2; of age מִסְפַּר־ח׳ number of his months = length of his life Jb 14:5 ; 21:21 ; cf. especially בֶּן־ח׳ Lv 27:6 Nu 3:1 5, 22 , 28 , 34 , 39 , 40 , 43 ; 18:16 ; 26:62 (all P ). • b. calendar months , • (1) with names ח׳ הָאָבִיב Ex 13: 4; 23:15 ; 34:18 ^(×2) (all JE; = 1st mo. 12:2 P), Dt 16:11 ; ח׳ זִו 1 K 6:1 ( = 2nd mo. ib.; = יֶרַח זִו v 3 7); cf. 8:2 ( הַח׳ חַשְּׁבִיעִי = יֶרַח הָאֵתָנִים ), 6:38 ( הַח׳ הַשְּׁמִינִי = יֶרַח בּוּל ); in the postex. books occur Babyl. names ( v. the several words):— ח׳ נִיסָן Ne 2:1 Est 3:7 ( = 1st mo. Est 3:7 ); ח׳ סִיוָן Est 8:9 = 3rd mo.; ח׳ כִּסְלֵו Zc 7:1 Ne 1:1 ( = 9th mo. Zc 7:1 ); ח׳ טֵבֵ˜ת Est 2:16 = 10th mo.; ח׳ שְׁבָט Zc 1:7 = 11th mo.; ח׳ אֲדָר Est 3:7 , 13 ; 8:12 ; 9:1 in all = 12th mo., 9:15 , 17 , 19 , 21 ; ( cf. also אֱלוּל Ne 6:1 5, without ח׳ or יֶרַח ; this was 6th mo.; v. further Schr ^COT Ne 1:1 Benz ^l.c.). • (2) merely numbered (chiefly P and late) e.g. בַּח׳ הַשֵּׁנִי Gn 7:1 1, cf. 8: 4, 5 , 14 Lv 16:29 Nu 1: 1, 18 (all P ) + often P ; Dt 1:3 ( P ), 1 K 12:32 , 33 ; 25:1 , 3 , 8 , 25 , 27 Je 1:3 + 11 times Je, Ez 24:1 ; 32:1 Hg 1: 1, 15 Zc 1: 1; 7:1 , 3 ; 1 Ch 12:15 , cf. entire list 27:2–15 2 Ch 3:2 + 12 times 2 Ch; Ezr 3:1 + 10 times Ezr; Ne 7:72 ; 8:2 , 14 Est 3:12 ; note especially הַח׳ הַזֶּה לָכֶם רֹאשׁ חָדָשִׁ˜ים רִאשֹׁון חוּא לָכֶם Ex 12:2 ( P ), as implying that the 1st mo. was formerly not in the

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