חדש (chodesh) — pictograph word study
חדש
Meaning: month, new moon
Letter by letter — the ancient pictures
ח Chet — value 8
Life (chai = 18 = twice chet's letters chet-yod), fence, enclosure; eight — the number beyond nature's seven letter page →
Life (chai = 18 = twice chet's letters chet-yod), fence, enclosure; eight — the number beyond nature's seven letter page →
ד Dalet — value 4
Door, pathway, lowliness (dal — poor, humble); the fourth direction that completes a space letter page →
Door, pathway, lowliness (dal — poor, humble); the fourth direction that completes a space letter page →
ש Shin — value 300
Fire, teeth, transformation; the letter of Shaddai on every mezuzah and in the priestly hands; three hundred — Gideon's refined company letter page →
Fire, teeth, transformation; the letter of Shaddai on every mezuzah and in the priestly hands; three hundred — Gideon's refined company letter page →