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  • From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Deut. 6:4
  • Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 06:38:59 -0500

Dear Karen,

I beg pardon if I am ignorant, however, my question is about the appropriate usage/meaning of the word ECHAD in Deut. 6:4.

Does this mean the number "one" or the concept of "unity". Please, explain why.


HH: It means "one," but the word can refer to a complex oneness, a "whole". It can, for example, describe a military troop (2 Sam 2:25) or a people (Gen 11:6).

Yours,
Harold Holmyard





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