how to say “monthly” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ירחון-#.m4a” /]חוֹדְשִׁי, יַרְחוֹן

How do you say monthly in Hebrew? That depends on whether you’re using the word as an adjective or as a noun.

As an adjective, it’s חודשי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ירחון-#.m4a” /]. For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ירחון-#.m4a” /]אוי, קיבלנו את החשבון החודשי!

Oy, we got the monthly bill!

חודשי comes from חודש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ירחון-#.m4a” /] meaning month, which itself comes from חדש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ירחון-#.m4a” /] meaning new: the beginning of the month is when the moon is new.

Since the English word month is related to moon, this leads us to monthly the noun, . What’s the Hebrew word for moon? ירח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ירחון-#.m4a” /] (this is the Biblical and Modern word – the Mishnaic word is לבנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ירחון-#.m4a” /]). And a monthly – something published once a month? That’s ירחון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ירחון-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ירחון-#.m4a” /]כל חודש הוא מחכה לקבל את ירחון המדע.

Every month he waits to receive the science monthly.