אחד

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḫað-.

Verb

אחד (transliteration needed)

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

Hebrew

Hebrew cardinal numbers
א ב  > 
    Cardinal : אחד ('ekhád)
    Ordinal : רִאשׁוֹן (rishón)
Root
י־ח־ד

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad-.

Pronunciation

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?
    • 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 cardial 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

  • אֲחָדִים ('akhadím)
  • חַד (khád)

Derived terms

Pronoun

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

  1. one, one of
    אֶחָד מֵהֶם'ekhád mehémone of them
    אַחַד הַסְּפָרִים'akhád has'farímone of the books

Derived terms

  • אַף אֶחָד ('áf 'ekhád)

References


Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew אֶחָד (ekhád, one).

Noun

אחד (ekhod) m

  1. (Judaism) the Oneness of God
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