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Shabbat Continued, ... Sat. March 21, 2020 

(Elder G., and The Fullness of the Hebrew Language)

Echad (אחד) Strong’s #259

United, One, First

Deuteronomy 6:4  Hear O Israel, YHVH our God is ONE (Echad)

Malachi 3:6 “But because I, Adonai, do not change, you sons of Ya‘akov will not be destroyed.

Genesis 2:24 ²⁴ This is why a man is to leave his father and mother and stick with his wife, and they are to be one flesh. (L’Basar Echad, one Flesh)

John 10:30 “I and the Father are one.”

In the early years of the church, scholars tried to define Elohim by what they observed, using words like “triune” and “Homoiousia” (of one essence) our God described himself with the word  Echad. Echad is the Hebrew word for one, but more precisely it means a single entity but made up of more than one part.

There is another Hebrew word from the same root – Yachid which means single, uniform and homogeneous. The meaning of Echad (A complex mixture of parts unified as one) is a confirmation of the Hebrew word Elohim which is translated as God. Elohim is a plural word – more than one being called God, though always combined with singular masculine verbs.

Here is one more clear proof of the triune nature of the God of Israel.

Isaiah 48:16  And now YHVH and His Ruach (Spirit) have sent Me (an eternal person speaking in verse 12 and 16  – Yeshua)

Three entities can be seen in that verse. The nature of God is a mystery, but we can see that although God is One, He is mu