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ḥd (ḥaḏ) num. one
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one
Common Aramaic
BukânStele 7↗ btnr | ḥd : in one oven ; IduOstr 1:62.3↗ ש̇ערן כר חד סאן עשר ותרתין קבן ארבעה‏ : barley: one kor, twelve seah, four qab ; TAD A4.7V.19↗ אגרה חדה לא שלחו עלין‏ : they did not send us one letter ; PAT+11.1↗ ṣlmyˀ ˀln dy nḥšˀ ˀrbˁtyhwn ˀḥd dnh bt ˀlt : these four bronze statues, this one in the Temple of Allat ; 5/6Hev 42..:7↗ בש̇ע̇]ו̇רין תלת חדא בא̇חד בטבת‏ : in three payments: one on the first of Tebeth ; TgJ Jer16:18↗ text not cited ; GT D Gen37:20↗ ונטלֵק יָתֵיה בְחַד מן גּוּבַיא‏ : let us throw him in one of the cisterns ; SamTgJ Ex9:6↗ ומקניאן בני ישראל לא מית אחד‏ : not one of the cattle of the Israelites died ; BT Git 86b(24)↗ ורב סבר לה כוותיה בחדא ופליג עליה בחדא‏ : PN has the same opinion as he in one case and differs with him in another
(1)
someone, certain
OAEast, Gal, Syr, JBA
Brussels 64.6↗ ḥd ˁzrdd ṭḥ b rhn wḥṣtˀ : a certain PN is a client/neighbor(?) in pledging and the harvest ; BR 80:2(2)↗ חד ברנש הוה קאים על גיף נהרא‏ ; BTŠvu 30b(25)↗ הוה ליה דינא בהדי חד‏ : he had a court case with a certain person
(1)
in construct with a plural noun: any one of
OA
Sf.1.b26↗ ḥd mlkn ˀw ḥd šnˀy : any king or any of my enemies ; Sf.3 a18↗ w[m]lkn [zy sḥr]ty wyqrq qrqy ˀl ḥdhm wyqrq qrqhm wyˀth ˀly : should a fugitive of mine flee to any of the kings of my vicinity or one of their fugitives flee and come to me
(2)
to emphasize indefiniteness of a noun in the Eastern Aramaic determined state
Syr, JBA, Man
OS.P2 .4↗ ܡܘܕܢܐ ܂܂܂ ܒܚܫܒܢ ܫܛܪܐ ܚܕ‏ : I attest regarding the amount of a certain contract ; P Mt23:15↗ ܕ݁ܬ݂ܸܥܒ݁ܕ݂ܘ݂ܢ ܚܲܕ݂ ܓܼ݁ܝܘ݂ܪܵܐ‏ : so that you to make a single proselyte ; BT Ber 2b(16)↗ חד שיעורא הוא‏ : it is a single amount ; ATS 2.4:1848↗ bhad lbuša
(2)
fem. as adv. : once, one time
Syr
EphFid 8:7.3↗ ܚܕܐ ܒܠܚܘܕ ܒܫܢܬܐ‏ : only once a year
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with another number (or b_ + number) : multiplicative: twice, thrice, etc.
Common Aramaic
Dan 3:19↗ וְאָמַר לְמֵזֵא לְאַתּוּנָא חַד־שִׁבְעָה עַל דִּי חֲזֵה לְמֵזְיֵהּ‏ : he commanded to heat the furnace seven times more than it was proper to heat it ; 11QtgJob 38.4=42:10↗ ויהב לה חד תרין בכל די הוא לה‏ : He gave him twice as much of all that had been his ; SamTgJ Ex22:3↗ אחד תרים ישלם‏ : he shall pay double ; P Ex16:5↗ ܚܕ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܥܠ ܡܕܡ ܕܠܩ݁ܛܝܢ ܒܟܠ ܝܘܡ‏ : twice more than they gather every day ; P Sirach 23:19↗ ܥܝܢܘܗܝ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܪ̈ܘܪܒܢ ܚܕ ܒܪܒܘ ܒܫܡܫܐ‏ : God's eyes are ten thousand times the Sun
(1)
preceded by על
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ Is30:26↗ וְנֵיהוֹר שִמשָא יְהֵי עְתִיד לְאַזהָרָא עַל חַד תְלָת מְאָה אַרבְעִין וֻתלָתָה כְנֵיהוֹר שִבעַת יוֹמַיָא‏ : the sun's light is going to shine 343 times the light of the Seven Days ; TgJ Is61:7↗ חְלָף דִבהֵיתתוּן וְאִתכְנַעתוּן עַל חַד תְרֵין‏ : [MT תַּחַת בָּשְׁתְּכֶם מִשְׁנֶה] ; PJ Gen26:12↗ על חד מאה בדשערוי‏ : a hundred times more than they had estimated ; TgTosTorahGen 21:10 1:10↗ אְַנָא נָסיב על חד תְרֵין‏
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in other compounds
(1)
ḥd bšbˀ/h : Sunday; see s.v. šbh
Common Aramaic
(2)
ḥd ḥd : one by one : see s.v. ḥdḥd adv.
CPA, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA
(1)
ܚܕ ܡܢ ܚܕ : from one another
Syr
IIMac7:5↗ ܚܕ ܡܢ ܚܕ ܒܥܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܥܡ ܐܡܗܘܢ‏ : they were pleading with one another along with their mother
(3)
+ kmh, lkmh : sometimes, once in a (rare) while
Syr
ASLag 186:27 ܚܕܐ ܠܟܡܐ ܥܛܦܝܢ ܘܒܗܘܢ ܡܬܒܩܝܢ‏ : sometimes they return and examine them ; ThMarg 1:381:8 ܓܒܪܐ ܢܙܝܪܐ ܕܛܒ܂ ܘܲܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܠܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܡܬܚܙܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܒܢܝ̈ܢܫܐ‏ : a very committed ascetic and only once in a while seen by people
(4)
חד כמן, ܚܕ ܟܡܐ : adv. : by how much more
Gal, CPA, Syr
VR 436:1(1)↗ מן כלב ביש לא תרבי על חד כמן וכמן גור ביש‏ : do not raise offspring of a bad dog, all the more so a bad whelp ; LAIS 1.2:19↗ ܐ݁ܢ ܐܝܬ ܐܬܝ ܒܗܬܐ ܒܣܟ̈ܠܬܝܟܝ ܕܝܐ̈ܬܚܡܝܐܢ ܩܘܕܡ ܒܢܝ̈ܢܫܐ ܚܕ ܟܡܐ ܐ݁ܠܗܐ ܕܡܟܪ ܚܫ̈ܒܬܘܢ ܕܒܢܝ̈ܢܫܐ‏ : if it is the case that shame comes should my sins be seen by people, how much the more so by God who knows the thoughts of human beings ; P Mt10:25↗ ܐܸܢ ܠܡܵܪܸܗ ܕ݁ܒ݂ܲܝܬ̇ܵܐ ܩܪܲܘ ܒ݁ܥܸܠܙܒ݂ܘ݂ܒ݂܃ ܚܲܕ݂ ܟ݁ܡܵܐ ܠܲܒ݂ܢܲܝ̈ ܒ݁ܲܝܬܸ݁ܗ‏ : if they called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much the more so his householders ; WisSol13:3↗ ܚܕ ܟܡܐ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܥܒܕ ܐܢܘܢ ܛܒ ‍<‍ܗܘ‍>‍ ܡܢܗܘܢ‏ : how much the more so is the one who made them better than them ; ActsThom 296:14↗ ܚܕ ܟܡܐ ܗܢܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܝܠܝ‏ : how much the more so this god of mine
(1)
ܙܲܒܢܵܐ ܚܕ ܟܡܐ : at a certain time
Syr
PO9 597:2 text not cited
(5)
ܚܕܐ ܠܪܒܐ : very rarely
Syr
DeMundo 145:13↗ ܡܙܠܗܙܝܐܝܬ ܕܝܢ ܘܚܕܐ ܠܪܒܐ ܒܓܪܒܝܐ܂ ܐܦ ܒܬܝܡܢܐ ܐܬܚܙܝ ܡܕܡ ܕܐܝܟ ܗܠܝܢ‏ : only seldom and very rarely has anything appeared like these in the north, let alone in the south
(6)
ܚܕ ܒܬܪ ܚܕ : one after another
Syr
JS_Elijah 2:266↗ ܣܕܲܪ ܗ̄ܘܵܐ ܒܛܽܘܪܵܐ ܚܲܕ ܒܵܬܲܪ ܚܲܕ ܠܲܡܗܲܠܵܟܽܘ‏ : He arranged one after the other to move by the mountain
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in compounds after prepositions
(1)
k + ḥd : see s.v. kḥdh adv.
(2)
mn + ḥdh : see s.v. mḥdh adv.
(1)
ܡܢ ܚܕܐ ܕ : as soon as
Syr
Ps-Clem Recogs 1.16:31↗ ܘܡܢ ܚܕܐ ܕܚܙܢܝ ܥܦܩܢܝ‏ : and as soon as he saw me he embraced me
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fem. ḥḏā; Palm., Sam. normally אחד , fem. חתה, אתה !
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Note that Judaean texts may use the Hebraizing form אחד for day "one" of a month alongside Aramaic forms.
In the usage as a multiplicative base, an elided form from the fuller and more transparent usage: ˁl ḥd adv., q.v.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 413[215]DJBA: 430bJastrow: 425Drower/Macuch: 116a, 9a, 131aPayne-Smith: 1194J. Payne-Smith: 126fLevy Ch-W: 1:238Tal Sam: 246DNWSI: 32DCPA[Schulthess]: 118[59]DJA: 48aQumran: 75

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