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Job 40:5
“Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֶחָדʼechâd · ekh-awd'
H259 · Hebrew
H259 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- Derivation
- a numeral from H258 (אָחַד);
- KJV renderings
- a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
- Grammar
- אַחַ֣ת — cardinal number, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 976 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:5Genesis 1:9Genesis 2:11Genesis 2:21Genesis 2:24
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֶחָד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.