יָחִיד
yâchîyd · H3173 · Hebrew · 12 occurrences
Meanings
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only one
State in which humans are not part of a larger group or community
ExamplesGenesis 22:2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”
Genesis 22:12 He said, “Do not reach out your hand against the boy, and do not do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
Genesis 22:16 and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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precious one, favorite
Literally: only one; hence: state in which humans or objects are considered unique and therefore entitled to special care and affection
ExamplesProverbs 4:3 When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,
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life, self
Literally: unique one; the life principle that animates both humans and animals and functions as the center of their personality
ExamplesPsalm 22:20 Save my soul from the sword, My only life from the power of the dog.
Psalm 35:17 Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, My only life from the lions.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 2 groups
- ךָyour 3
- יmy 2
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָהַבto love 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- בֵּןson 3
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הוּאhe, she, it 1
- אֲנִיI 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֵבֶלmourning 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- μονογενής monogenḗs · G3439 · unique, only
- Greek μονογενής emphasizes the unique status of being 'only-born' or 'one of a kind,' directly translating Hebrew יָחִיד's core sense of 'only (child/son)' and 'solitary' in contexts denoting singularity or sole status.
- ἀγαπητός agapētós · G27 · object of one’s affection, one who is loved, beloved
- Hebrew יָחִיד emphasizes singularity/uniqueness as a structural fact (only child, solitary), while Greek ἀγαπητός emphasizes the affective response to that uniqueness (beloved, cherished); LXX translators render the Hebrew's 'only/darling' sense via the Greek term for the emotional regard such status evokes.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Dissociate002003002009
- יָחִיד can describe someone solitary or bereft, as of a desolate, afflicted individual set apart from ordinary fellowship (Psalm 25:16).
- Great002001002012
- יָחִיד describes what is uniquely precious or irreplaceable — Jephthah's daughter, 'his one and only child,' beyond whom he had no other son or daughter (Judges 11:34).
- Self003001016
- יָחִיד most often designates an only child, singled out from all others, as Isaac is repeatedly called Abraham's 'only son' in the Akedah narrative (Genesis 22:2, 12, 16).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3173. yachid יָחִיד adjective and substantive only, only one, solitary (Late Hebrew id.;…
יָחִיד adjective and substantive only, only one, solitary (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְחִידַי יָחִיד,, , , id.; Arabic solitary) —
1 only one, especially of an only son, Gen 22:2, Gen 22:12, Gen 22:16 יְחִידְךָ את בנך את thy son, thine only one, יָחִיד אֵבֶל Amo 8:10; Jer 6:26 mourning for an only son, היחיד על כמספד Zec 12:10; Pro 4:3 אמי לפני וְיָחִיד רַךְ; so feminine יְחִידָה Jdg 11:34.
2 feminine יְחִידָה as substantive Psa 22:21; Psa 35:17 יְחִידָתִי my only one, poetic for my life, as the one unique and priceless possession which can never be replaced (in each || נַפְשִׁי).
3 solitary, Psa 25:16 אני ועני יחיד כי; Psa 68:7 בַּיְתָה יְחִידִים מוֺשִׁיב causing solitary, isolated ones (i.e. friendless wanderers or exiles; || אֲסִירִים) to dwell at home (Lag Ch and others מֵשִׁיב bringing back home).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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