====== חָדַשׁ ======
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Meanings
  * Renew
  * Restore
  * Repair

Verb. Occurs 10 times in the Old Testament.

See also [[:greek:2319|חָדָשׁ]] (Strong's H2319) - meaning "new" - the noun / adjective form.

===== Examples =====

<autott>psalm_51:10|Psalm 51:10</autott> (verse <autott>psalm_51:12:hebrew|12</autott> in Hebrew) -"Renew a right spirit within me." (חַדֵּשׁ בְּקִרְבִּי רוּחַ נָכוֹן) 

<autott>lamentations_5:21|Lamentations 5:21</autott> - "Renew our days as of old." (חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם)

So, as a verb, חָדַשׁ means to make something new again, to renew or restore what was old or broken.

===== Grammatical Forms =====

==== Qal Conjugation of חָדַשׁ ====

| Tense / Aspect | English Meaning | Example / Notes  | Hebrew Form |
| **Perfect (Past)** | he renewed / made new | Basic root form (not frequently attested as finite verb)  | חָדַשׁ  |
| **Imperfect (Future)** | he will renew   | <autott>psalm_104:30|Psalm 104:30</autott> | יְחַדֵּשׁ |
| **Imperative (Command)** | renew! | <autott>psalm_51:12:hebrew|Psalm 51:12</autott> (English verse <autott>psalm_51:10|10</autott>) | חַדֵּשׁ |
| **Infinitive Construct** | to renew | <autott>lamentations_5:21|Lamentations 5:21</autott> | לְחַדֵּשׁ |
| **Participle (Active)**| renewing / one who renews | Not directly attested; regular expected form                   | מְחַדֵּשׁ |


==== Perfect (past / completed action) ====

| Person | English             | Hebrew       |
| 3rd person masculine singular | he renewed          | חָדַשׁ       |
| 3rd person feminine singular | she renewed         | חָדְשָׁה     |
| 2nd person masculine singular    | you (m) renewed     | חָדַשְׁתָּ   |
| 2nd person feminine singular    | you (f) renewed     | חָדַשְׁתְּ   |
| 1st person common singular    | I renewed           | חָדַשְׁתִּי  |
| 3rd person masculine plural | they (m) renewed    | חִדְּשׁוּ    |
| 3rd person feminine plural  | they (f) renewed    | חִדְּשׁוּ    |
| 2nd personal masculine plural | you (m.pl.) renewed | חִדַּשְׁתֶּם |
| 2nd person feminine plural  | you (f.pl.) renewed | חִדַּשְׁתֶּן |
| 1st person common plural | we renewed          | חִדַּשְׁנוּ  |

==== Imperfect (Future / Incomplete Action) ====

| Person | English                | Hebrew         |
| 3rd person masculine singular    | he will renew          | יְחַדֵּשׁ      |
| 3rd person feminine singular    | she will renew         | תְּחַדֵּשׁ     |
| 2nd person masculine singular    | you (m) will renew     | תְּחַדֵּשׁ     |
| 2nd person feminine singular    | you (f) will renew     | תְּחַדְּשִׁי   |
| 1st person common singular    | I will renew           | אֲחַדֵּשׁ      |
| 3rd person masculine plural    | they (m) will renew    | יְחַדְּשׁוּ    |
| 3rd person feminine plural    | they (f) will renew    | תְּחַדֵּשְׁנָה |
| 2nd person masculine plural    | you (m.pl.) will renew | תְּחַדְּשׁוּ   |
| 2nd person feminine plural    | you (f.pl.) will renew | תְּחַדֵּשְׁנָה |
| 1st person common plural    | we will renew          | נְחַדֵּשׁ      |

==== Imperative (command) ====

| Person | English        | Hebrew      |
| 2nd person masculine singular    | renew! (m.s.)  | חַדֵּשׁ     |
| 2nd person feminine singular    | renew! (f.s.)  | חַדְּשִׁי   |
| 2nd person masculine plural    | renew! (m.pl.) | חַדְּשׁוּ   |
| 2nd person feminine plural    | renew! (f.pl.) | חַדֵּשְׁנָה |

==== Infinitives ====

| Form                 | English                     | Hebrew    |
| Infinitive Construct | to renew                    | לְחַדֵּשׁ |
| Infinitive Absolute  | surely renew / indeed renew | חַדֵּשׁ   |

==== Participle (Active & Passive) ====

| Type    | English                   | Hebrew    |
| Active  | renewing / one who renews | מְחַדֵּשׁ |
| Passive | being renewed (if formed) | מְחֻדָּשׁ |