Numbers 15:24:20Num.15.24.W20TAB
אֶחָ֖ד
ekhad
“one”
- Transliteration
- e-KHAD
- Extended
- eh-KHAAD
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈħaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
e-KHAD
- phraseyour reading level
u-se-IR-iz-ZIM e-KHAD
- clause
u-se-IR-iz-ZIM e-KHAD le-khat-TAT
- sentence
ve-ha-YA IM me-ey-NEI ha-e-DA ne-es-TA lish-ga-GA ve-a-SU kol-ha-e-DA PAR ben-ba-KAR e-KHAD le-o-LA le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH u-min-kha-TO ve-nis-KO ka-mish-PAT u-se-IR-iz-ZIM e-KHAD le-khat-TAT
Exegesis
The sequence of offerings is structured by prepositional phrases: le’olah lere’ach nichoach {לְעֹלָה לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ | le-ʿô-lāh le-rê-yaḥ ni-ḥō-aḥ} ‘for a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma’, la-YHWH {לַיהוָה | la-YHWH} ‘to the LORD’, uminchato venisko {וּמִנְחָת֥וֹ וְנִסְכּ֖וֹ | u-min-ḥā-thô wə-nis-kô} ‘and its grain offering and its drink offering’, kamishpat {כַּמִּשְׁפָּט | ka-miš-pāṭ} ‘according to the ordinance’, and use’ir-izzim echad lechatat {וּשְׂעִיר־עִזִּים אֶחָד לְחַטָּאת | u-sə-ʿîr-ʿiz-zîm ʾe-ḥād le-ḥaṭ-ṭā-ʾat} ‘and one male goat for a sin offering’. The English order preserves Hebrew legal sequencing while clarifying meaning.
Root and etymology
’-ḥ-daleph-chet-dalet
“one”
In context — Numbers 15:24
And it shall be, if it has been done unintentionally from the eyes of the congregation, then all the congregation shall present one bull, a son of the herd, for a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD , with its grain offering and its drink offering according to the ordinance , and one male goat for a sin offering.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:24:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Numbers 15:24, so the Hebrew word אֶחָ֖ד (ekhad) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.15.24.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.24.W20.S1) and character.