אחד

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḫað-.

Verb

אחד • (transliteration needed)

to hold, take, seize
to shut, close

Hebrew

**Hebrew cardinal numbers**
	א	ב > ‎
Cardinal : אחד ('ekhád) Ordinal : רִאשׁוֹן‎ (rishón)

Root
י־ח־ד‎

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad-.

Numeral

אֶחָד • ('ekhád) m (feminine אַחַת‎)

(cardinal) one
‏יֵשׁ לוֹ בֵּן אֶחָד וּ שְׁתֵּי 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”).

Related terms

אֲחָדִים‎ ('akhadím)
חַד‎ (khád)

Derived terms

עַל רֶגֶל אַחַת‎ ('al régel 'akhát)

Pronoun

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

one, one of
‏אֶחָד מֵהֶם‎‎ ― 'ekhád mehém ― one of them

‏אַחַד הַ סְּפָרִים‎‎ ― 'akhád has'farím ― one of the books
- 2011, Yacov Shir Golian, החושך בקצה המנהרה, page 80:
  
  ‏אחת החיילות ש הייתה יפת מראה ב אופן בולט במיוחד ביקשה ממני סיגריה. נתתי לה אחת ו ישבתי על ספסל סמוך ל חלון.‎‎
  One of the (female) soldiers who was very attractive in an especially conspicuous manner asked me for a cigarette. I gave her one and sat down on a bench next to the window.

Derived terms

אַף אֶחָד‎ ('áf 'ekhád)

References

H259 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew אֶחָד‎ (ekhád, “one”).

Noun

אחד • (ekhod) m

(Judaism) the Oneness of God

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