חד

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad-.

חד • (ḥad) m (f חדא)

1. one (1)
   • a. 1590, “חד גדיא [One Kid Goat]”, traditional cumulative song recited by Jews at the Passover Seder:

     חַד גַּדְיָא חַד גַּדְיָא דְּזַבִּין אַבָּא בִּתְרֵי זוּזֵי

     ḥadʰ gadʰəya, ḥadʰ gadʰəya də-zabbin abba bi-tʰərei zuzei

     One kid goat, one kid goat that my father bought for two denarii

From Aramaic חד above, which is cognate with Hebrew אֶחָד (eẖád, “one”).

חַד • (ẖad-)

1. Single-, one-, uni-, mono-.

   משמעות (mashma'út, “meaning”) → חד משמעי (ẖad-mashma'í, “unambiguous”)

   הורה (horé, “parent”) → חד הורי (ẖad-horí, “single-parent”)

   פעם (pá'am, “time, instance”) → חד פעמי (ẖad-p'amí, “one-time, single-use, disposable”)

   צד (tzad, “side”) → חד צדדי (ẖad-tzdadí, “one-sided, unilateral”)

• (antonym(s) of “single-”): רַב (rav-)

• דּוּ (du-, “double-, bi-, di-”), תְּלַת (tlat-, “triple-, tri-”)

• אֶחָד (eẖád, “one”)

Compare Arabic حاد (ḥādd, “sharp”), Old Armenian խադ (xad, “sword”).

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חַד • (ḥad) (feminine חַדָּה, masculine plural חַדִּים, feminine plural חַדּוֹת)

1. sharp
2. clear, exact

   הוא היה חד בדבריו. ― hu haya ḥad b'd'varáv. ― He was clear in his words.

3. strong, sharp, piercing, acute

   כאב חד ― ke'év ḥad ― A piercing pain

• (sharp): שָׁנוּן (shanún)

• (antonym(s) of “sharp”): קֵהֶה (qehé)

• זווית חדה / זָוִית חַדָּה (zavít khadá)
• חַד לָשׁוֹן (khad lashón)
• חַד עַיִן (ẖad 'ayín)
• חַד וְחָלָק (ẖad veẖaláq)

חֹד • (khód) m

1. defective spelling of חוד

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חָד • (ḥad) (pa'al construction)

1. to pose a riddle, to quiz

• “חד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language