אחד

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḫað-.

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 : אחד ('ekhád)     Ordinal : רִאשׁוֹן (rishón)

Root
י־ח־ד (y-kh-d)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈχad/
• IPA^(key): /eˈχɔ(ː)d/, [eˈχu(ː)d]
• IPA^(key): /e̞ˈħä(ː)d̪/, [e̞ˈħä(ː)ð]
• IPA^(key): /æˈħɔ(ː)ð/

Numeral

אֶחָד • ('ekhád) m (feminine אַחַת)

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:

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     JPS

     
     

     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

   • 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew אֶחָד (ekhád, “one”).

Noun

אחד • (ekhod) m

1. (Judaism) the Oneness of God