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Aramaic
Etymology
From Proto-West Semitic *ʔaḫaḏ-. Compare Arabic أَخَذَ (ʔaḵaḏa), Hebrew אחז (aḥáz).
Verb
אחד • (transliteration needed)
- to hold, take, seize
- to shut, close
Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḥad-.
Pronunciation
Numeral
אֶחָד • (ekhád) m (feminine אַחַת (akhát))
- one
- יֵשׁ לוֹ בֵּן אֶחָד וּשְׁתֵּי בָּנוֹת. ― yésh ló bén ekhád ush'té 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, 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 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”).
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Pronoun
אֶחָד • (ekhád) m (construct אַחַד־, feminine אַחַת)
- one, one of
- אֶחָד מֵהֶם ― ekhád mehém ― one of them
- אַחַד הַסְּפָרִים ― akhád has'farím ― one of the books
2011, Yacov Shir Golian, החושך בקצה המנהרה [The Darkness At The End Of The Tunnel], page 80:
Derived terms
Verb
אִחֵד • (ikhéd) (pi'el construction)
- defective spelling of איחד
Verb
אֻחַד • (ukhád) (pu'al construction)
- defective spelling of אוחד
References
Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew אֶחָד (ekhád, “one”).
Noun
אחד • (ekhod) m
- (Judaism) the Oneness of God