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title: חָדַשׁ — renew · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָדַשׁ (2318), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: renew. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. Hithp. renew, repair. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָדַשׁ

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«חָדַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **renew** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 2318 · **BDB:** חָדַשׁ

### Glosses

renew (4); you.renew (2); he.renewed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

renew [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2318/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. Hithp. renew, repair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2318/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Pi. (and Hithp.) renew, repair (poet. and late) (NH id., Ph. חדש; n. חדש new moon, also in קרתחדשת new-city = Carthage; Aramaic حَدَثَ and חַדֵּשׁ; Arabic ܚܰܕܶܬ be new, Ethiopic ሐደሰ i. 2. renew; Sab. החדתֿ, v. Os (Levy)ZMG 1865, 204 MordtZMG 1876, 30; Assyrian \[adâšu\], uddiš, renew, eššu, new, etc. DlW 199 ff.)— Pf. וְחִדְּשׁוּ consec. Is 61:4; Impf. וַיְחַדֵּשׁ 2 Ch 15:8; 2 ms. תְּחַדֵּשׁ Jb 10:17 ψ 104:30; וּנְחַדֵּשׁ 1 S 11:14; Imv. חַדֵּשׁ ψ 51:12 La 5:21; Inf. לְחַדֵּשׁ 2 Ch 24:4, 12;— renew, make anew הַמְּלוּכָה 1 S 11:14 (editorial); פני אדמה ψ 104:30, רוּחַ 51:12 (‖ בּרא); = bring back יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם La 5:21; ח׳ עדיך Jb 10:17 i.e. bringest fresh (new) witnesses. repair, cities Is 61:4, temple 2 Ch 24:4, 12, altar 2 Ch 15:8. Impf. 3 fs. תִּתְחַדֵּשׁ c. pl. subj. ת׳ כַּנֶּשֶׁר נְעוּרָ֑יְכִי ψ 103:5 thy youth reneweth itself, like the eagle.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָדַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2318/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.30/)

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תְּשַׁלַּ֣ח ר֭וּחֲךָ יִבָּרֵא֑וּן וּ֝תְחַדֵּ֗שׁ פְּנֵ֣י אֲדָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* you.send.forth spirit your they are.created and you.renew \[the\].surface of.\[the\].ground

*JPS 1917:* Thou sendest forth Thy spirit, they are created; and Thou renewest the face of the earth.

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[Lamentations 5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.21/)

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הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃

*Word for word:* restore us O.Yahweh to yourself so that.we.may.return renew days our like ancient.time

*JPS 1917:* Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

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