יַחַד
yachad · yakh'-ad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3161 (יָחַד);
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to separate and protect › the doorway, the way in
The hand that works that works to separate and protect of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַחַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
141 occurrences · 141 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- together100 · 74%
- themselves together4 · 3%
- alike3 · 2%
- them together3 · 2%
- of them together2 · 1%
- likewise2 · 1%
- altogether2 · 1%
- they are altogether2 · 1%
- it together2 · 1%
- of them alike1 · 1%
- person shall eat it alike1 · 1%
- also: and we were together1 · 1%
- shall be knit1 · 1%
- but we ourselves together1 · 1%
- all of them together1 · 1%
- me together1 · 1%
- is to them even as1 · 1%
- only1 · 1%
- i will both1 · 1%
- they are all together1 · 1%
- thereof at once1 · 1%
- me about together1 · 1%
- in unity1 · 1%
- whilst that i withal1 · 1%
- thee; they shall withal1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.