Zechariah 14:9:9Zech.14.9.W9TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-KHAD
- clause
ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye-YE Ye-ho-VAH e-KHAD u-she-MO e-KHAD
- sentence
ve-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH le-ME-lekh al-kol-ha-A-rets ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye-YE Ye-ho-VAH e-KHAD u-she-MO e-KHAD
Exegesis
A chiastic parallel yiḥyēh yəhōwāh ʾeḥāḏ u-šə-mô ʾeḥāḏ {יִהְיֶ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶחָ֖ד וּשְׁמ֥וֹ אֶחָֽד | yiḥyēh Yə-hō-wāh ʾeḥāḏ u-šə-mô ʾeḥāḏ} aligns God’s being with His name to emphasize divine unity.
Root and etymology
א־ח־ד
“one, unified”
In context — Zechariah 14:9
And the LORD will be king over all the earth; on that day the LORD will be one and His name one .
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:9:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Zechariah 14:9, 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 Zech.14.9.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.9.W9.S1) and character.