אֶחָד

H259. echad
אֶחָד962 adjective number one (Phoenician אחד, Sabean id., compare DHMZMG 1876, 707, Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic חַד, ; on Assyrian edu, a—adu, compare DlW No. 139) — absolute׳א Gen 1:5 +?אַחַ֫ד Gen 21:15 +; so even before preposition 1Sa 9:3 and elsewhere see Dr; feminine absolute אַחַ֫ת Gen 2:21 +; אֶחָ֑ת Gen 11:1 +; construct אַחַ֫ת Deu 13:13 +; plural masculine אֲחָדִים Gen 11:1 + 4:t.; חַד Eze 33:30 strike out Co compare ᵐ5; —
1 one Gen 1:9; Gen 27:38, Gen 27:45; Exo 12:49; Jos 23:10; 1Sa 1:24; 2Sa 12:3 +, Zec 14:9; Mal 2:10; Job 31:15 +, so also (emphatic) 2Sa 17:3 for ᵐ5 אֲשֶׁר ᵑ0 We Dr; one or two לִשְׁנַיִם וְלֹא אֶחָד לְיוֺם לֹא Ezr 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; 2Ki 6:3, 2Ki 6:5 +; one and the same Gen 40:5; Job 31:15; plural אֲחָדִים דְּבָרִים Gen 11:1 compare Eze 37:17 (absolute), but see Co; = few, a few א ׳יָמִים Gen 27:44; Gen 29:20; Dan 11:20; אֶחָד כְּאִישׁ as one man, together Jdg 20:8; 1Sa 11:7; also כְּאֶחָד late = Aramaic כַּחֲדָא Ezr 2:64 (= Neh 7:66) Ezr 3:9; Ezr 6:20; Ecc 11:6; see especially Isa 65:25 (|| earlier יַחְדֶּו Isa 11:6-7,).
2 = each, every Exo 36:30; Num 7:3, Num 7:85; Num 28:21; 1Ki 4:7; 2Ki 15:20 +; also repeated, distributive sense Num 7:11; Num 13:2; Numbers 17:21; Jos 3:12; Jos 4:2, Jos 4:4.
3 = a certain 1Sa 1:1; 2Sa 18:10; 2Ki 4:1; Est 3:8 +? 2Sa 17:9 see Dr 1Sa 1:1; hence
4 = indefinite article 1Sa 6:7; 1Sa 24:15; 1Sa 26:20 (but strike out ᵐ5 We Dr) 1Ki 19:4-5, +.
5 only 1Ki 4:19; & (feminine) once 2Ki 6:10; Psa 62:12; Psa 89:36 (once for all); שָׁנִים לְשָׁלוֺשׁ אַחַת2Ch 9:21, ׳א בַּשָּׁנָה Lev 16:34 compare Job 40:5, אֶחָ֑ת מַּעַם Jos 6:3, Jos 6:11 compare Jos 6:14, בְּאַחַת Num 10:4; Job 33:14; at once בְּאֶחָ֑ת Pro 28:18 compare נְקַםאַֿחַת וְאִנָּקְמֶה Jdg 16:28. **Num 10:4 בְּאַחַת is rather 'in one (of the trumpets)'; Job 33:14 it = in one way; Pro 28:18 read probably with ᵑ6 Lag Dy Bi בַּשָּׁ֑חַת; Jdg 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 ׳֗֗֗ Exo 17:12; Exo 18:3-4, Amo 4:7; 2Sa 12:1; Jer 24:2; 2Ch 3:17; Neh 4:11 +; 2Sa 14:6 read אֶתאָֿחִיו הָאֶחָד for ᵐ5 אתהֿאחד האחד We Dr; one after another, one by one, אֶחָד לְאַחַד Isa 27:12 compare Ecc 7:27.
7 as ordinal, first (mostly P & late) Gen 1:5 (P) Gen 2:11 (J) Exo 39:10 (P); absolute Job 42:14, Eze 10:14 especially of first day of month Exo 40:2 (P) Ezr 3:6; Ezr 10:16-17, Neh 8:2; Hag 1:1; first year, אַחַת שְׁנַת2Ch 36:22; Ezr 1:1; Dan 1:21; Dan 9:1-2, Dan 11:1 compare first (day, יוֺם omitted) Gen 8:5, Gen 8:13 לַחֹדֶשׁ בְּאֶחָד; so Exo 40:17; Lev 23:24; Num 1:18; Num 29:1; Num 33:38 (all P) Deu 1:3; 2Ch 29:17; Ezr 7:9 (twice in verse); Eze 26:1; Eze 29:17; Eze 31:1; Eze 32:1; Eze 45:18.
8 in combin.,
a. עָשָׂר אַחַד eleven (compare עַשְׁתֵּי עָשָׂר,) Gen 32:23; Gen 37:9 (JE) Deu 1:2; so אַחַתעֶֿשְׂרֵה Jos 15:51 (P) 2Ki 23:36; 2Ki 24:18; 2Ch 36:5, 2Ch 36:11; Jer 52:1 (precedes noun, except Jos 15:51; as ordinal, eleventh שָׁנָה עֶשְׂרֵה אַחַת Eze 30:20; Eze 31:1 compare 1Ki 6:38; 2Ki 9:29;
b. with other numerals, as cardinal מֵאוֺת וַחֲמֵשׁ אֶלֶף וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶחָד Num 1:41; compare Num 2:16, Num 2:28; Num 31:34, Num 31:39 (all P; ׳א precedes other numeral); but שָׁנָה וְאַחַת אַרְבָּיִם (׳א following) 1Ki 14:21; 1Ki 15:10; 2Ki 14:23; 2Ch 12:13 compare 2Ki 22:1 2Ch 34:1; 2Ki 24:18 = Jer 52:1 2Ch 36:11; Jos 12:24 (D) Isa 30:17; Ezr 2:26 = Neh 7:30 compare Neh 7:37; Dan 10:13; as ordinal שָׁנָה מֵאוֺת וְשֵׁשׁ בְּאַחַת Gen 8:13 (P) Exo 12:18 (P), 1Ch 24:17; 1Ch 25:28; 2Ch 16:13 (׳א preceding); but 1Ki 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 Ezr 4:8 +; —
1 one side Dan 7:5; noun omitted Dan 6:3; חֲדָה Dan 2:9 = one and invariable (inevitable); כַּחֲדָה Dan 2:35 as one, altogether (so S-CK 3 ᵑ7, and late Biblical Hebrew כְּאֶחָד Ezr 2:64 +); = ordinal, חֲדָה שְׁנַת first year Ezr 7:1; Ezr 5:13; Ezr 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), Ezr 4:8; Ezr 6:2, שִׁדְעָךְ חַד Dan 3:19 = seven-fold (as Syriac: Nö§ 241 PS 1194; compare Exo 16:5 ᵑ6), see K§ 66, 2.