א-ח-ד / أ–ح–د · One; each; every

One; each; every. The Triliteral Root of the Day from OCABS, in Hebrew and Arabic, with passages from the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Qurʾan.

Show Notes

א-ח-ד (ʾalef–ḥet–dalet) / أ–ح–د (hamza–ḥāʾ–dāl)

One; each; every

In the Hebrew Bible: ʾeḥad, one · ḥad, one

In the Qurʾan: ʾaḥad, anyone · ʾiḥdā, one of them

Sound-law correspondence and an explicit cognate link. mahmūz, at the fāʾ: hamza as ʾalef.

Passages

• Genesis 11:1: The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
• Matthew 6:27: Which of you, by being anxious, can add one momentto his lifespan?
• John 10:30: I and the Father are one.”
• Sūrat al-Fajr سورة الفجر “The Dawn” 89:26: None bindeth as He then will bind.
• Sūrat al-ʾIkhlāṣ سورة الإخلاص “The Sincerity” 112:1: Say: He is Allah, the One!
• Sūrat al-Balad سورة البلد “The City” 90:7: Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

The whole card on ocabs.org · The Consolation of Consonants

Opening music: Touchia Ḥijāz, Thami Ben Abdelkrim, violin, with percussion (Morocco, 1920s), public domain. Source: gallica.bnf.fr / BnF, Archives de la Parole.

What is Triliteral Root of the Day?

Every day, one Semitic triliteral root heard in three scriptures: the root in Hebrew and Arabic, how it functions, and a passage from the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Qurʾan, read in the original languages with the English. Two or three minutes a day, from OCABS on the Ephesus School Network.