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# יָחִיד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3173

**only** — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

only [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3173/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָחִיד: adj. subst. only, only one, solitary [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3173/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. and subst. only, only one, solitary (NH id.; Aramaic יָחִיד, יְחִידַי, ܝܺܚܺܝܕܳܐ, ܝܺܚܺܝܕܳܝܳܐ id.; Arabic وَحِيدٌ solitary)— only one, especially of an only son, Gn 22:2, 12, 16 את בנך את יְחִידְךָ thy son, thine only one, אֵבֶל יָחִיד Am 8:10 Je 6:26 mourning for an only son, כמספד על היחיד Zc 12:10, Pr 4:3 רַךְ וְיָחִיד לפני אמי; so fem. יְחִידָה Ju 11:34. fem. יְחִידָה as subst. ψ 22:21; 35:17 יְחִידָתִי my only one, poet. for my life, as the one unique and priceless possession which can never be replaced (in each ‖ נַפְשִׁי). solitary, ψ 25:16 כי יחיד ועני אני; 68:7 מוֹשִׁיב יְחִידִים בַּיְתָה causing solitary, isolated ones (i.e. friendless wanderers or exiles; ‖ אֲסִירִים) to dwell at home (Lag Ch al. מֵשִׁיב bringing back home).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: your only (3); my only (2); \[am\] solitary (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 22:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.21/#tree)

הַצִּ֣ילָה מֵחֶ֣רֶב נַפְשִׁ֑י מִיַּד־כֶּ֝֗לֶב יְחִידָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* deliver from.\[the\] sword life my from.\[the\] hand of.a.dog my.only \[life\]

*JPS 1917:* Deliver my soul from the sword; mine only one from the power of the dog.

[Psalms 25:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.25.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.25.16/#tree)

פְּנֵה־אֵלַ֥י וְחָנֵּ֑נִי כִּֽי־יָחִ֖יד וְעָנִ֣י אָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* turn to me and show favor.to.me (dm) \[am\].solitary and afflicted I

*JPS 1917:* Turn Thee unto me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3173.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3173/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).