אחד

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܐܚܕ — Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *ʔaḫaḏ-. Compare Arabic أَخَذَ (ʔaḵaḏa), Hebrew אחז (aḥáz).

Verb

אחד • (transliteration needed)

1. to hold, take, seize
2. to shut, close

Hebrew

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Cardinal: אחד ('ekhád)     Ordinal: ראשון (rishón)

Root
י־ח־ד (y-ḥ-d)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḥad-.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)eˈχad/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /e.χɔd/, [e.χud]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)e̞ˈħäd̪/, [(ʔ)e̞ˈħäð]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔæˈħɔð/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɛˈħɔð/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈħad/

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Numeral

אֶחָד • ('ekhád) m (feminine אַחַת ('akhát))

1. one

   יֵשׁ לוֹ בֵּן אֶחָד וּשְׁתֵּי בָּנוֹת. ― yésh ló bén 'ekhád ush'téi banót. ― He has one son and two daughters.

   רָאִיתָ יַלְדָּה אַחַת כָּאן? ― ra'íta yaldá 'akhát kán? ― Have you seen a girl here?

   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 6:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָד׃

     sh'má' yisra'él YHVH 'elohéinu YHVH 'ekhád.
     šəmaʿ yiśrāʾēl YHWH ʾĕlōhḗnū YHWH ʾeḥāḏ.

     Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Usage notes

• Like adjectives, but unlike other cardinal numbers, אֶחָד follows its noun.
• According to the Academy of the Hebrew language a feminine cardinal number should be used when referring to an abstract number, e.g. in phone numbers, and also in every place where the word מִסְפָּר (mispár, “number”) can be used before the number, e.g. אוטובוס (מספר) אחת (otobús (mispár) akhát, “bus (number) one”).^[1]

Coordinate terms

• Last: אֶפֶס ('éfes)
• Next: שניים / שְׁנַיִם (sh'náyim)

Derived terms

• אֶחָד אֶחָד ('ekhád 'ekhád)
• אֶחָד אֶת הַשֵּׁנִי ('ekhád et hashení)
• אַחְדוּת (akhdút)
• אַחַת וּלְתָמִיד (akhát ul'tamíd)
• אַף אֶחָד (af 'ekhád)
• בְּבַת אַחַת (b'vat 'akhát)
• עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה (ál akhát káma v'khámá)
• עַל רֶגֶל אַחַת ('al régel 'akhát)
• פֶּה אֶחָד (pe ekhád)

 

Related terms

• אֲחָדִים ('akhadím)
• חַד (khád)

Pronoun

אֶחָד • ('ekhád) m (construct אַחַד־, feminine אַחַת)

1. one, one of

   אֶחָד מֵהֶם ― 'ekhád mehém ― one of them

   אַחַד הַסְּפָרִים ― 'akhád has'farím ― one of the books

   • 2011, Yacov Shir Golian, החושך בקצה המנהרה [The Darkness At The End Of The Tunnel], page 80:

     אחת החיילות שהייתה יפת מראה באופן בולט במיוחד ביקשה ממני סיגריה. נתתי לה אחת וישבתי על ספסל סמוך לחלון.

     One of the (female) soldiers who was very attractive in an especially conspicuous manner asked me for a cigarette. I gave her one and sat down on a bench next to the window.

Derived terms

• אַף אֶחָד ('áf 'ekhád)

Verb

אִחֵד • (ʾikhéd) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of איחד

Verb

אֻחַד • (ukhád) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

1. defective spelling of אוחד

References

• H259 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אֶחָד (ekhád, “one”).

Noun

אחד • (ekhod) m

1. (Judaism) the Oneness of God