Lexicon
יַ֫חַד
ya.chad
H3162A
H:N-M Hebrew

unitedness

44
Occurrences
11
Books
Hebrew
Language

ya.chad describes people or things acting, gathering, dwelling, or undergoing something as a united whole.

The term most often marks persons or things brought into a shared action or setting: gathering, standing, fighting, singing, or dwelling as a group. It also describes a common outcome or condition, including falling, lying down, being hidden, or undergoing an action together.

Senses in use

  1. United action or gathering · dominant

    The term marks coordinated action by more than one party. In Deuteronomy 33:5 the APB renders the heads and tribes as gathered “together” and “in unity”; in 2 Samuel 10:15 it renders Aram as gathering themselves together, and in Psalm 2:2 rulers take counsel together.

  2. Shared condition or outcome · common

    The term can place multiple persons or things within the same condition or event. In 2 Samuel 21:9 the APB renders the seven as falling together; in Job 21:26 it renders two persons as lying down together in the dust, and in Psalm 133:1 brothers dwell together in unity.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses “together,” including for gathering, fighting, standing, falling, and singing; it also uses “in unity” in Deuteronomy 33:5 and Psalm 133:1. These renderings show the clauses’ shared-action or shared-condition setting rather than a fixed English equivalent in every verse.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture