Hear. In the Hebrew text this word (sham'a) has the last letter majuscular (i.e. larger than the others) as also the last letter of the last word ('echad), to emphasize "the first and great commandment" (Matthew 22:38; Mark 12:29; Mark 12:30). These two letters taken together make 'ed. "a witness", because God is. witness and looketh on the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). In Hebrew. shem'a yisrael yeh6va elheynu yehova. echad = "Hear,. Israel, Jehovah (the Self and ever existing One), our Elohim is one Jehovah".
one. Hebrew. ehad. a compound unity (Latin. unus), one made up of others: Genesis 1:5, one of seven; Deuteronomy 2:11, one of four; Deuteronomy 2:21, one of twenty-four; Deuteronomy 2:24, one made up of two; Deuteronomy 3:22, one of the Trinity: Deu 49:16, one of twelve; Numbers 13:23, one of. cluster. So Psalms 34:20, &c. It is not yahid, which is (Latin) unicus, unique. single, or only one, occurs twelve times: Genesis 22:2; Genesis 22:12; Genesis 22:16; Judges 11:34.Psalms 22:20; Psalms 25:16; Psalms 35:17; Psalms 68:6; Proverbs 4:3.Jeremiah 6:26; Amos 8:10; Zechariah 12:10. Hebrew of all other words for "one" is 'echad.
(4-9) One of the four Phylacteries. Exodus 13:1-10; Exodus 13:11-16; Exodus 6:4-9. Exo 11:13-21. See note on Exodus 13:1, Compare the Structures of the second pair (above).