What's the Hebrew word for 'One'?

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

And how do you write it in English?

Thanks!

[Yeshua-Knight]

ok, well, according to my strong's interlinear reference, the hebrew word for one is
'echad (ekh-awd'); united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

Thanks Yeshua-Knight!

So 'One God' would effectively be 'Jah Echad'?

[Yeshua-Knight]

close, the term "Jah" is actually descended from the "YHWH" that God told Moses when he revealed his name, so if you wanted to be down to the original it would be more like "'echad Yehowah" or "one LORD"

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

The reason I asked this is because I have one true supreme being in my fantasy/sci-fi novel who is for all intents and purposes - God. But calling him by that name links it a lot to this world (and isn't really even his name). I wanted something that sounded a bit more exotic and since Hebrew is the Original I thought I would go with that.
Thanks mate.

So 'Jah' would be wrong?

[Yeshua-Knight]

i wouldn't say it's wrong, it's just a shortened form of it, and if you were to use it in the presence of an orthodox Jew, they would know exactly who you were talking about, while at the same time not using the full version of the Lord's name that they do hold very sacred, by the way, props to you for looking to different languages for inspiration for names for a story, i'm doing the same thing for a story i'm in the midst of working on

[Animus Seed]

Yeshua-Knight seems more informed on this than I am, but to my knowledge, "Jah" is more of a poetic term. Which may or may not be what you were going for. YK will correct you if I'm wrong, I'm sure.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

I've heard that before. Doesn't Hallelujah mean Praise God (Jah being God). I know it has Rastafarian connotations, but it also is used more commonly now in some Christian circles etc - P.O.D (the band).
If its a more poetic version of his name that's fine too I guess.

Thanks guys!

[Yeshua-Knight]

yeah, just keep in mind, it is for your book, i've ready christian fantasy novels that use all sorts of different terms for God, if you should choose to use "Jah" in yours, that's more than fine, and it would work because it already has a relationship to the name of God

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

'Jah Echad' has a nice ring to it, I think.
Thanks again.

It would be pronounced 'yah ekh-awd' wouldn't it?

[Yeshua-Knight]

yup, sounds very scifi/fantasy-ish if you ask me

[Syreth]

It's interesting because the Hebrew word ekh-awd is used for a compound unity. For instance "one church congregation." This is in contrast to the word, yacheed, which carries the meaning of absolutely one, like the number one. In Deuteronomy 6:4, the word used for "one" is ekh-awd, which allows for the doctrine of the trinity. If the word was yacheed, there would be no basis for that doctrine, since it would be saying that God is absolutely one (commonly used for "only son," like saying, "the one and only"; see Genesis 22:2 and Psalm 25:16 -- the strong's number for yacheed is 3173, if you're interested). I thought that was pretty interesting.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

Wow, that is interesting! Thanks for that tidbit of info Syreth. God Bless you Bro.

[Syreth]

No problem, you too man! ^^

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

Uh, sorry bit late. But which one do I use then 'Jah Echad' or 'Jah Yacheed?'

[Yeshua-Knight]

that is up to you

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

But both refer to 'One God'?
I prefer Jah Echad, since the other one sounds like a dog choking on a bone.