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Hodesh (meaning 'new moon'), a wife of Shaharaim the Benjaminite
A feminine personal name meaning 'new moon,' belonging to one of Shaharaim's wives mentioned in Benjamin's genealogy. After dismissing Hushim and Baara, Shaharaim fathered children by Hodesh. The name evokes the monthly celebration and calendar marker central to Israelite worship. Whether given at birth or reflecting some circumstance of marriage, this name embedded the rhythm of sacred time into personal identity. Hodesh stands in the Benjaminite lineage, mother to several sons.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Feminine personal name meaning 'new moon.' 1 Chronicles 8:9 identifies Hodesh as Shaharaim's wife who bore him sons in Benjaminite genealogy. The name celebrates the monthly renewal marker in Israel's calendar—each new moon a reminder of time's sacred rhythm and God's ordering of seasons. Names derived from worship elements turned personal identity into testimony of covenant life. 1×
AR["حُودَش"]·ben["হোদেশ"]·DE["[חדש]"]·EN["Chodesh"]·FR["[חדש]"]·heb["חדש"]·HI["होदेश"]·ID["Hodes"]·IT["[חדש]"]·jav["Hodès"]·KO["호데스"]·PT["Chodesh"]·RU["Ходеш"]·ES["Jodes"]·SW["Hodeshi"]·TR["Hodeş"]·urd["خودش"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. חֹ֫דֶשׁ n.pr.f. a wife of Shaharaim of Benj. 1 Ch 8:9, 𝔊 Ἁδα, 𝔊L Βαδαα (so v 8 = בַּעֲרָה).