אחד
Aramaic
Etymology
From Proto-West Semitic *ʔaḫaḏ-. Compare Arabic أَخَذَ (ʾaḵaḏa), Hebrew אחז (aḥáz).
Verb
אחד • (transliteration needed)
- to hold, take, seize
- to shut, close
Hebrew
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Cardinal : אֶחָד ('ekhád) Ordinal : רִאשׁוֹן (rishón) | ||
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י־ח־ד (y-ḥ-d) |
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḥad-. Compare Arabic أحد (ʾaḥad).
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): /ʔeˈħaːd/, [ʔeˈħaːð]
Numeral
אֶחָד • ('ekhád) m (feminine אַחַת ('akhát))
- 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?
- 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.
- sh'má' yisra'él YHVH 'elohéinu YHVH 'ekhád.
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”).
Coordinate terms
- Last: אֶפֶס ('éfes)
- Next: שניים / שְׁנַיִם (sh'náyim)
Derived terms
- אַחְדוּת (akhdút)
- עַל רֶגֶל אַחַת ('al régel 'akhát)
Related terms
- אֲחָדִים ('akhadím)
- חַד (khád)
Pronoun
אֶחָד • ('ekhád) m (construct אַחַד־, feminine אַחַת)
- 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)
References
- H259 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew אֶחָד (ekhád, “one”).
Noun
אחד • (ekhod) m
- (Judaism) the Oneness of God