H3173 - יָחִיד (yâchîyd)

H3173 יָחִיד (yâchîyd) yaw-kheed'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 3161; properly, united, i.e. sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced)

KJV Usage: darling, desolate, only (child, son), solitary

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

יָחִיד (ya.chid) — only. adj 1) only, only one, solitary, one 1a) only, unique, one 1b) solitary 1c)(TWOT) only begotten son subst 2) one

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

יָחִיד (H3173)

adj · יחד

Dissociate

only one = state in which humans are not part of a larger group or community

GEN 22:2 · GEN 22:12 · GEN 22:16 · JDG 11:34 · PSA 25:16 · PSA 68:7 · PRO 4:3 · JER 6:26 · AMO 8:10 · ZEC 12:10

Great

precious one, favorite literally: only one; hence: = state in which humans or objects are considered unique and therefore entitled to special care and affection

PRO 4:3

Self | ≈ נֶפֶשׁ

life, self literally: unique one; = the life principle that animates both humans and animals and functions as the center of their personality

PSA 22:21 · PSA 35:17

¹ PRO 4:3 RSV NIV REB GNT "only" [1a] | NRSV CEV "favorite" NJPS "darling" NJB "unique" [1b]

Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יָחִיד adj. and subst. only, only one, solitary base