Genesis 22:2
And He is saying, `Take, pray, אֶת-your son/builder, אֶת-your united-one746 him whom you have loved, אֶת-He-Laughs, and walk walk toward an earth of Rebellion,747 and cause him to ascend there to climb up 748 upon one of the Mountains which he has spoken toward you.`
Footnote:
| 746 | From Two, One Strong’s #3173, יחיד yachid. United, unity, union. Masculine adjective. There is a feminine construct of this word in Psalm 22:20. From the verb yachad (#3173) to unite, to make one. The logic of this word construct is straight-forward. The numeral 1 achad is used as a verb to express the action of making two, one. The noun logically follows as describing the product—a oneness or unity. Words like “solitary” or “only-one” are completely off on this level. Everyone knows the word for “one” in Hebrew is by far one of the most mysterious. There are numerous illustrations to help us understand what’s going on. Consider the double-edged/mouthed sword,
The Hebrew chad חד (#2299) means sharp. The double-edged sword comes together at a unified point. The verb chadad חדד (#2300) means to be sharp. The word achad means one but is also used once as a verb (#258) in Ezekiel 21:16 in the feminine singular, intensive reflexive Hithpael imperative - התאחדי. Literally translated, unite yourself, and the context happens to be—you guessed it—a sword: “For the purpose to melt the heart, and cause to become many the stumbling-ones upon all of the gates of themselves, I have given a turning over of the sword. Ah! She is made into a lightning, wrapped up for a massacre. Unite yourself, cause right, set, cause left, wherever your faces are appointed.” Ezekiel 21:15-16 literal |
