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Be joined

יָחַדStrong’s H3161

yachad (ya-chad)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yachad is the Hebrew word usually translated “it be united”, “unite” and “united”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.”
Genesis 49:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. To join, unite, be joined, be united(Qal) to be united · (Piel) to unite
How it's translated
  • it be united 1
  • unite 1
  • you will be united 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1
  • Psalms 1
  • Isaiah 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

יָחַד yachad · be joined

1) to join, unite, be joined, be united 1a) (Qal) to be united 1b) (Piel) to unite

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “unite” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

UNI'TE, verb transitive

[Latin unio, unitus.]

  1. To put together or join two or more things, which make one compound or mixture.
  2. To join; to connect in a near relation or alliance; as, to unite families by marriage; to unite nations by treaty.
  3. To make to agree or be uniform; as, to unite a kingdom in one form of worship; to unite men in opinions.
  4. To cause to adhere; as, to unite bricks or stones by cement.
All definitions and other forms of “unite”
  1. To join in interest or fellowship. Genesis 49:6
  2. To tie; to splice; as, to unite two cords or ropes.
  3. To join in affection; to make near; as, to unite hearts in love.

UNI'TE, verb intransitive

  1. To join in an act; to concur; to act in concert.
  2. To coalesce; to be cemented or consolidated; to combine; as, bodies unite by attraction or affinity.
  3. To grow together, as the parts of a wound.
  4. To coalesce, as sounds.
  5. To be mixed.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.