אחד

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad-. Compare Arabic أحد‎ (ʾaḥad).

Verb

אחד • (transliteration needed)

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

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Hebrew

Hebrew cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : אֶחָד ('ekhád)     Ordinal : רִאשׁוֹן‎ (rishón)

Root
י־ח־ד‎

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad-. Compare Arabic أحد‎ (ʾaḥad).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /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))

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?

   • 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)

Related terms

• אֲחָדִים‎ ('akhadím)
• חַד‎ (khád)

Derived terms

• עַל רֶגֶל אַחַת‎ ('al régel 'akhát)

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, 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

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew אֶחָד‎ (ekhád, “one”).

Noun

אחד • (ekhod) m

1. (Judaism) the Oneness of God