אֶחָ֔ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶחָ֔ד

   e-KHAD

   one
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד

   ISH e-KHAD

   a man one
3. clause🔊 וְהוּא֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד לֹ֥א גָוַ֖ע בַּעֲוֺנֽוֹ׃

   ve-HU ISH e-KHAD LO GA-va ba-a-vo-NO

   and he a man one did not perish in his iniquity.
4. sentence🔊 הֲל֣וֹא עָכָ֣ן בֶּן־זֶ֗רַח מָ֤עַל מַ֙עַל֙ בַּחֵ֔רֶם וְעַֽל־כָּל־עֲדַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הָ֣יָה קָ֑צֶף וְהוּא֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד לֹ֥א גָוַ֖ע בַּעֲוֺנֽוֹ׃

   ha-LO a-KHAN ben-ZE-rakh MA-al ma-AL ba-KHE-rem ve-AL-KOL-a-DAT yis-ra-EL ha-YA KA-tsef ve-HU ISH e-KHAD LO GA-va ba-a-vo-NO

   Did not Achan the son of Zerah acted unfaithfully a trespass concerning the devoted things and upon all the congregation of Israel there was wrath and he a man one did not perish in his iniquity.

Exegesis

The adversative clause ve-hu ish echad {וְהוּא֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד | wə-hûʾ ʾîš ʾeḥāḏ} ‘and he was one man’ underscores individual agency, while lo gava ba-avono {לֹ֥א גָוַ֖ע בַּעֲוֺנֽוֹ | lōʾ gāwaʿ baʿăwônô} ‘he did not perish in his iniquity alone’ highlights the broader consequences.