וְ֝יָחִ֗יד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְ֝יָחִ֗יד

   ve-ya-KHID

   and only
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 רַ֥ךְ וְ֝יָחִ֗יד

   RAKH ve-ya-KHID

   tender and only
3. clause🔊 רַ֥ךְ וְ֝יָחִ֗יד לִפְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃

   RAKH ve-ya-KHID lif-ne IM-mi

   tender and only before my mother
4. sentence🔊 כִּי־בֵ֭ן הָיִ֣יתִי לְאָבִ֑י רַ֥ךְ וְ֝יָחִ֗יד לִפְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃

   KI-BEN ha-YI-ti le-a-VI RAKH ve-ya-KHID lif-ne IM-mi

   for a son I was to my father tender and only before my mother

Exegesis

The adjectives rakh {רַךְ | rā-ḥ} ‘tender’ and yakhid {יָחִיד | yă-ḥîd} ‘only’ form a parallelism underscoring both gentleness and singularity.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 י־ח־דyod–chet–dalet

“only, unique”