Lexical Definition

‎אֶחָד‎ ʼechâd (ekh-awd') one ^H:A
a numeral from ‎אָחַד‎

a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

• properly, united, i.e. one
• or (as an ordinal) first

1) one (number)
1a) one (number)
1b) each, every
1c) a certain
1d) an (indefinite article)
1e) only, once, once for all
1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one
1g) first
1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֶחָד‎₉₆₂ adjective number one (Phoenician ‎אחד‎, Sabean id., compare DHM^{ZMG 1876, 707}, Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic ‎חַד‎, ; on Assyrian edu, a—adu, compare Dl^{W No. 139}) — absolute‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 1:5 + construct ‎אַחַ֫ד‎ Gen 21:15 +; so even before preposition 1Sam 9:3 and elsewhere see Dr; feminine absolute ‎אַחַ֫ת‎ Gen 2:21 +; ‎אֶחָ֑ת‎ Gen 11:1 +; construct ‎אַחַ֫ת‎ Deut 13:13* +; plural masculine ‎אֲחָדִים‎ Gen 11:1 + 4:t.; ‎חַד‎ Ezek 33:30 strike out Co compare ᵐ5; —

1. one Gen 1:9; Gen 27:38; Gen 27:45; Exod 12:49; Josh 23:10; 1Sam 1:24; 2Sam 12:3 +, Zech 14:9; Mal 2:10; Job 31:15 +, so also (emphatic) 2Sam 17:3 for ᵑ0 ‎אֲשֶׁר‎ ᵐ5 We Dr; one or two ‎לֹא לְיוֺם אֶחָד‎ ‎וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם‎ Ezra 10:13 as substantive followed by ‎מִן‎ Gen 2:21; Lev 4:2; Lev 4:13; Isa 34:16 +; ‎׳‎‎הָא‎ Gen 19:9; Gen 42:13; Gen 42:32; 2Kgs 6:3; 2Kgs 6:5 +; one and the same Gen 40:5; Job 31:15 plural ‎דְּבָרִים אֲחָדִים‎ Gen 11:1 compare Ezek 37:17 (absolute), but see Co; = few, a few ‎׳‎‎יָמִים א‎ Gen 27:44; Gen 29:20; Dan 11:20 ‎כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד‎ as one man, together Judg 20:8; 1Sam 11:7 also ‎כְּאֶחָד‎ late = Aramaic ‎כַּחֲדָא‎ Ezra 2:64 (= Neh 7:66) Ezra 3:9; Ezra 6:20; Eccl 11:6 see especially Isa 65:25 (|| earlier ‎יַחְדֶּו‎ Isa 11:6; Isa 11:7).

2. = each, every Exod 36:30; Num 7:3; Num 7:85; Num 28:21; 1Kgs 4:7; 2Kgs 15:20 +; also repeated, distributive sense Num 7:11; Num 13:2; Num 17:21*; Josh 3:12; Josh 4:2; Josh 4:4.

3. = a certain 1Sam 1:1; 2Sam 18:10; 2Kgs 4:1; Esth 3:8 + compare 2Sam 17:9 see Dr 1Sam 1:1 hence

4. = indefinite article 1Sam 6:7; 1Sam 24:15*; 1Sam 26:20 (but strike out ᵐ5 We Dr) 1Kgs 19:4; 1Kgs 19:5 +.

5. only 1Kgs 4:19 & (feminine) once 2Kgs 6:10; Ps 62:12*; Ps 89:36* (once for all); ‎אַחַת לְשָׁלוֺשׁ שָׁנִים‎ 2Chr 9:21, ‎בַּשָּׁנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Lev 16:34 compare Job 40:5, ‎פַּעַם אֶחָ֑ת‎ Josh 6:3; Josh 6:11 compare vJosh 6:14, ‎בְּאַחַת‎ Num 10:4; Job 33:14 at once ‎בְּאֶחָ֑ת‎ Prov 28:18 compare ‎וְאִנָּקְמֶה נְקַםאַֿחַת‎ Judg 16:28. **Num 10:4 ‎בְּאַחַת‎ is rather 'in one (of the trumpets)'; Job 33:14 it = in one way; Prov 28:18 read probably with ‎ᵑ6‎ Lag Dy Bi ‎בַּשָּׁ֑חַת‎; Judg 16:28 is rather 'vengeance for one of my two eyes' (see GFM). Jer 10:8 ‎בְּאַחַת‎ probably = in one, altogether. ‎אחד‎.

6. one . . . another, the one . . . the other ‎׳‎‎֗֗֗ א‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Exod 17:12; Exod 18:3; Exod 18:4; Amos 4:7; 2Sam 12:1; Jer 24:2; 2Chr 3:17; Neh 4:11* +; 2Sam 14:6 read ‎הָאֶחָד אֶתאָֿחִיו‎ for ‎האחד אתהֿאחד‎ ᵐ5 We Dr; one after another, one by one, ‎לְאַחַד אֶחָד‎ Isa 27:12 compare Eccl 7:27.

7. as ordinal, first (mostly P & late) Gen 1:5 (P) Gen 2:11 (J) Exod 39:10 (P); absolute Job 42:14, Ezek 10:14 especially of first day of month Exod 40:2 (P) Ezra 3:6; Ezra 10:16; Ezra 10:17; Neh 8:2; Hag 1:1 first year, ‎שְׁנַת אַחַת‎ 2Chr 36:22; Ezra 1:1; Dan 1:21; Dan 9:1; Dan 9:2; Dan 11:1 compare first (day, ‎יוֺם‎ omitted) Gen 8:5; Gen 8:13 ‎בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ‎; so Exod 40:17; Lev 23:24; Num 1:18; Num 29:1; Num 33:38 (all P) Deut 1:3; 2Chr 29:17; Ezra 7:9 (twice in verse); Ezek 26:1; Ezek 29:17; Ezek 31:1; Ezek 32:1; Ezek 45:18.

8. in combin.,
a. ‎אַחַד עָשָׂר‎ eleven (compare ‎עָשָׂר‎, ‎עַשְׁתֵּי‎) Gen 32:23*; Gen 37:9 (JE) Deut 1:2 so ‎אַחַתעֶֿשְׂרֵה‎ Josh 15:51 (P) 2Kgs 23:36; 2Kgs 24:18; 2Chr 36:5; 2Chr 36:11; Jer 52:1 (precedes noun, except Josh 15:51 as ordinal, eleventh ‎אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה‎ Ezek 30:20; Ezek 31:1 compare 1Kgs 6:38; 2Kgs 9:29
b. with other numerals, as cardinal ‎אֶחָד וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת‎ Num 1:41 compare Num 2:16; Num 2:28; Num 31:34; Num 31:39 (all P; ‎׳‎‎א‎ precedes other numeral); but ‎אַרְבָּיִם וְאַחַת שָׁנָה‎ (‎׳‎‎א‎ following) 1Kgs 14:21; 1Kgs 15:10; 2Kgs 14:23; 2Chr 12:13 compare 2Kgs 22:1 = 2Chr 34:1; 2Kgs 24:18 = Jer 52:1 = 2Chr 36:11; Josh 12:24 (D) Isa 30:17; Ezra 2:26 = Neh 7:30 compare vNeh 7:37; Dan 10:13 as ordinal ‎בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה‎ Gen 8:13 (P) Exod 12:18 (P), 1Chr 24:17; 1Chr 25:28; 2Chr 16:13 (‎׳‎‎א‎ preceding); but 1Kgs 16:23; Hag 2:1 (‎׳‎‎א‎ following).

‎אחד‎ (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew ‎אֶחָד‎.

‎חַד‎ adjective one, a; — masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Dan 2:31+; feminine singular ‎חֲדָה‎ Ezra 4:8 +; —

1. one side Dan 7:5 noun omitted Dan 6:3* ‎חֲדָה‎ Dan 2:9 = one and invariable (inevitable); ‎כַּחֲדָה‎ vDan 2:35 as one, altogether (so S-C^{K 3} ᵑ7, and late Biblical Hebrew ‎כְּאֶחָד‎ Ezra 2:64 +); = ordinal, ‎שְׁנַת חֲדָה‎ first year Ezra 7:1; Ezra 5:13; Ezra 6:3 ‎׳‎‎ח‎ = a certain one (τινὰ) Dan 7:16 (with ‎מִן‎ partitive).

2. a (indefinite article) with substantive Dan 2:31; Dan 6:18*; Dan 4:16* (see ‎שָׁעָה‎), Ezra 4:8; Ezra 6:2, ‎חַד שִׁדְעָךְ‎ Dan 3:19 = seven-fold (as Syriac: Nö^{§ 241 PS 1194}; compare Exod 16:5 ᵑ6), see K^{§ 66, 2}.

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