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Esther 3:7
“In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2320 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the new moon; by implication, a month
- Derivation
- from H2318 (חָדַשׁ);
- KJV renderings
- month(-ly), new moon.
- Grammar
- בַּ — preposition with definite article
- חֹ֤דֶשׁ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 283 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 7:11Genesis 7:11Genesis 8:4Genesis 8:4Genesis 8:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֹדֶשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.