H259. echad

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 Genesis 1:5 +?אַחַ֫ד‎ 21:15 +; so even before preposition 1 Samuel 9:3 and elsewhere see Dr; feminine absolute אַחַ֫ת‎ Genesis 2:21 +; אֶחָ֑ת‎ 11:1 +; construct אַחַ֫ת‎ Deuteronomy 13:13 +; plural masculine אֲחָדִים‎ Genesis 11:1 + 4:t.; חַד‎ Ezekiel 33:30 strike out Co compare ᵐ5‎; —

1 one Genesis 1:9; 27:38, 45; Exodus 12:49; Joshua 23:10; 1 Samuel 1:24; 2 Samuel 12:3 +, Zechariah 14:9; Malachi 2:10; Job 31:15 +, so also (emphatic) 2 Samuel 17:3 for ᵐ5 אֲשֶׁר ᵑ0‎ We Dr; one or two לִשְׁנַיִם וְלֹא אֶחָד לְיוֺם לֹא‎ Ezra 10:13; as substantive followed by מִן‎ Genesis 2:21; Leviticus 4:2, 13; Isaiah 34:16 +; ׳הָא‎ Genesis 19:9; 42:13, 32; 2 Kings 6:3, 5 +; one and the same Genesis 40:5; Job 31:15; plural אֲחָדִים דְּבָרִים‎ Genesis 11:1 compare Ezekiel 37:17 (absolute), but see Co; = few, a few א ׳יָמִים‎ Genesis 27:44; 29:20; Daniel 11:20; אֶחָד כְּאִישׁ‎ as one man, together Judges 20:8; 1 Samuel 11:7; also כְּאֶחָד‎ late = Aramaic כַּחֲדָא‎ Ezra 2:64 (= Nehemiah 7:66) Ezra 3:9; 6:20; Ecclesiastes 11:6; see especially Isaiah 65:25 ("" earlier יַחְדֶּו‎ 11:6-7,).

2 = each, every Exodus 36:30; Numbers 7:3, 85; 28:21; 1 Kings 4:7; 2 Kings 15:20 +; also repeated, distributive sense Numbers 7:11; 13:2; Numbers 17:21; Joshua 3:12; 4:2, 4.

3 = a certain 1 Samuel 1:1; 2 Samuel 18:10; 2 Kings 4:1; Esther 3:8 +? 2 Samuel 17:9 see Dr 1 Samuel 1:1; hence

4 = indefinite article 1 Samuel 6:7; 24:15; 26:20 (but strike out ᵐ5‎ We Dr) 1 Kings 19:4-5, +.

5 only 1 Kings 4:19; & (feminine) once 2 Kings 6:10; Psalm 62:12; 89:36 (once for all); שָׁנִים לְשָׁלוֺשׁ אַחַת‎2 Chronicles 9:21, ׳א בַּשָּׁנָה‎ Leviticus 16:34 compare Job 40:5, אֶחָ֑ת מַּעַם‎ Joshua 6:3, 11 compare 6:14, בְּאַחַת‎ Numbers 10:4; Job 33:14; at once בְּאֶחָ֑ת‎ Proverbs 28:18 compare נְקַםאַֿחַת וְאִנָּקְמֶה‎ Judges 16:28. **Numbers 10:4 בְּאַחַת‎ is rather 'in one (of the trumpets)'; Job 33:14 it = in one way; Proverbs 28:18 read probably with ᵑ6‎ Lag Dy Bi בַּשָּׁ֑חַת‎; Judges 16:28 is rather 'vengeance for one of my two eyes' (see GFM). Jeremiah 10:8 בְּאַחַת‎ probably = in one, altogether. אחד‎.

6 one . . . another, the one . . . the other ׳א א ׳֗֗֗‎ Exodus 17:12; 18:3-4, Amos 4:7; 2 Samuel 12:1; Jeremiah 24:2; 2 Chronicles 3:17; Nehemiah 4:11 +; 2 Samuel 14:6 read אֶתאָֿחִיו הָאֶחָד‎ for ᵐ5 אתהֿאחד האחד‎ We Dr; one after another, one by one, אֶחָד לְאַחַד‎ Isaiah 27:12 compare Ecclesiastes 7:27.

7 as ordinal, first (mostly P & late) Genesis 1:5 (P) 2:11 (J) Exodus 39:10 (P); absolute Job 42:14, Ezekiel 10:14 especially of first day of month Exodus 40:2 (P) Ezra 3:6; 10:16-17, Nehemiah 8:2; Haggai 1:1; first year, אַחַת שְׁנַת‎2 Chronicles 36:22; Ezra 1:1; Daniel 1:21; 9:1-2, 11:1 compare first (day, יוֺם‎ omitted) Genesis 8:5, 13 לַחֹדֶשׁ בְּאֶחָד‎; so Exodus 40:17; Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 1:18; 29:1; 33:38 (all P) Deuteronomy 1:3; 2 Chronicles 29:17; Ezra 7:9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 26:1; 29:17; 31:1; 32:1; 45:18.

8 in combin.,

a. עָשָׂר אַחַד‎ eleven (compare עַשְׁתֵּי עָשָׂר,‎) Genesis 32:23; 37:9 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:2; so אַחַתעֶֿשְׂרֵה‎ Joshua 15:51 (P) 2 Kings 23:36; 24:18; 2 Chronicles 36:5, 11; Jeremiah 52:1 (precedes noun, except Joshua 15:51; as ordinal, eleventh שָׁנָה עֶשְׂרֵה אַחַת‎ Ezekiel 30:20; 31:1 compare 1 Kings 6:38; 2 Kings 9:29;

b. with other numerals, as cardinal מֵאוֺת וַחֲמֵשׁ אֶלֶף וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶחָד‎ Numbers 1:41; compare 2:16, 28; 31:34, 39 (all P; ׳א‎ precedes other numeral); but שָׁנָה וְאַחַת אַרְבָּיִם‎ (׳א‎ following) 1 Kings 14:21; 15:10; 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 12:13 compare 2 Kings 22:1 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Kings 24:18 = Jeremiah 52:1 2 Chronicles 36:11; Joshua 12:24 (D) Isaiah 30:17; Ezra 2:26 = Nehemiah 7:30 compare 7:37; Daniel 10:13; as ordinal שָׁנָה מֵאוֺת וְשֵׁשׁ בְּאַחַת‎ Genesis 8:13 (P) Exodus 12:18 (P), 1 Chronicles 24:17; 25:28; 2 Chronicles 16:13 (׳א‎ preceding); but 1 Kings 16:23; Haggai 2:1 (׳א‎ following).

אחד‎ (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew אֶחָד‎.

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

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

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