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title: חַד — one · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חַד (lemma:חַד), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 14 times: one. BDB 1906: adj. one. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַד

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«חַד» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **one** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 14 times · **Key:** lemma:חַד · **BDB:** חַד

### Glosses

one (12); \[is\].one (1); \[was\].one (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

one [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. one [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. one, a;—ms. ח׳ Dn 2:31 +; fs. חֲדָה Ezr 4:8 +;— one side Dn 7:5; n. om. 6:3; חֲדָה 2:9 = one and invariable (inevitable); כַּחֲדָה v 35 as one, altogether (so S-CK 3 𝔗, and late BH כְּאֶחָד Ezr 2:64 +); = ordinal, שְׁנַת חֲדָה first year 7:1; Ezr 5:13; 6:3; ח׳ = a certain one (τινὰ) Dn 7:16 (c. מִן partit.). a (indef. art.) c. subst. Dn 2:31; 6:18; 4:16 (v. שָׁעָה), Ezr 4:8; 6:2, חַד שִׁבְעָה Dn 3:19 = seven-fold (as Syriac: Nö§ 241 PS 1194; cf.Ex 16:5 𝔖), v. K§ 66, 2.

### Jastrow 1903

חַד II: one, singular, particular like one together, simultaneously singularly, very much, too much [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d3/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , חֲדָא c. = h. אֶחָד, one, singular, particular. Targ. Gen. I, 5; a. v. fr.—חד בשבא first day in the week. Targ. II Esth. III, 7.—Targ. Ps. XXVII, 4. Targ. Ez. XVIII, 10 (some ed. חדת); a. fr.—Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵇ bot. בחד בשובא, v. supra. Meg. 11ᵃ, a. fr. חד … וחד וכ׳ one authority …, another authority \&c. Ber. 28ᵃ חדא היא לך או חדת וכ׳ is this a unique subject to thee (the only thing learned from R. Joḥ.) or a novel (strange) thing?—Gitt. 44ᵃ; Bekh. 3ᵃ טפי חד one time more (eleven times the value of the sold object); a. v. fr.—\[Sabb. 67ᵃ bot. חד חד, v. חַרְחַר.\]—כַּחֲדָא \[like one,\] together, simultaneously. Targ. Ps. II, 2; a. fr.—לַחֲדָא singularly, very much, too much. Targ. Gen. I, 31. Targ. Ps. CXIX, 8; a. fr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.8/)

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רְח֣וּם בְּעֵל־טְעֵ֗ם וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ סָֽפְרָ֔א כְּתַ֛בוּ אִגְּרָ֥ה חֲדָ֖ה עַל־יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּא מַלְכָּ֖א כְּנֵֽמָא׃

*Word for word:* Rehum lord of.command and Shimshai the scribe they.wrote a.letter one concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as.follows

*JPS 1917:* Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort —

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[Ezra 5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.13/)

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בְּרַם֙ בִּשְׁנַ֣ת חֲדָ֔ה לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א דִּ֣י בָבֶ֑ל כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֙ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֔ם בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לִבְּנֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless in year one of Cyrus the king (diy).of Babylon Cyrus the king he.made a.decree the.house of.(the) God this to build

*JPS 1917:* But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

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