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title: יָחַד — be united · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָחַד (3161), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: be united. BDB 1906: vb. be united. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָחַד

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«יָחַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be united** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3161 · **BDB:** יָחַד

### Glosses

let.it.be.united (1); unite (1); you.will.be.united (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be united [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3161/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be united [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3161/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be united (Arabic وَحَدَ be alone, ii. make one; NH Pi. יִּחֵד make or declare one; Aramaic יַחֵד unite, ܫܰܘܚܶܕ set alone)— Impf. 3 fs. Gn 49:6 בִּקְהָלָם אַל־תֵּחַד כְּבוֹדִי in their assembly let my glory not be united (‖ בְּסֹדָם אַל־תָּבֹא נַפְשִׁי); 2 fs. Is 14:20 לֹא תֵחַד אִתָּם בִּקְבוּרָה. Imv. ψ 86:11 יַחֵד לְבָבִי לְיִרְאָה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ unite my heart (i.e. concentrate its affections, cf. Je 32:39) to fear thy name (but 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Gr Bi Ch יִחַדְּ (from חָדָה) let my heart rejoice, etc.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָחַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3161/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 86:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.86.11/)

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ה֘וֹרֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ דַּרְכֶּ֗ךָ אֲהַלֵּ֥ךְ בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ יַחֵ֥ד לְ֝בָבִ֗י לְיִרְאָ֥ה שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* teach me O.Yahweh way your I.will.walk in truth your unite heart my to fear name your

*JPS 1917:* Teach me, O LORD, Thy way, that I may walk in Thy truth; make one my heart to fear Thy name.

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[Isaiah 14:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.20/)

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לֹֽא־תֵחַ֤ד אִתָּם֙ בִּקְבוּרָ֔ה כִּֽי־אַרְצְךָ֥ שִׁחַ֖תָּ עַמְּךָ֣ הָרָ֑גְתָּ לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵ֥א לְעוֹלָ֖ם זֶ֥רַע מְרֵעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* not you.will.be.united with them in burial (dm) land your you.have.ruined people your you.have.slain not it.will.be.named forever of.perpetuity \[the\].offspring of.evil-doers

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever.

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