H3161 H3161
be united, join together; concentrate (heart/affections) in singular devotion
A verb expressing union or joining together, appearing in three significant contexts. In Genesis 49:6, Jacob refuses to let his honor be united with Simeon and Levi's violent assembly. Isaiah 14:20 declares the fallen tyrant will not be joined with other kings in burial. Most memorably, Psalm 86:11 prays 'unite my heart to fear your name'—a plea for single-minded devotion rather than divided loyalties. The Piel form in the Psalm intensifies the meaning to 'concentrate' or 'focus,' though some ancient versions (LXX, Peshitta, Vulgate) read a different root meaning 'let my heart rejoice.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — The act of joining or uniting, whether literally (being buried together) or metaphorically (concentrating one's inner affections). The multilingual evidence ('be united', 'se una', 'unite', 'vereinige') consistently captures the unification theme. In Psalm 86:11, the image suggests a scattered or divided heart being gathered into unified purpose—a powerful picture of spiritual wholeness. 3×
AR["تَتَّحِدُ", "تَتَّحِدْ", "وَحَِدْ"]·ben["একনিষ্ঠ-করো", "তুমি-এক-হবে", "যুক্ত-হোক"]·DE["[תחד]", "unite", "vereinige-sich"]·EN["be-united", "unite", "you-will-be-joined"]·FR["[תחד]", "s'unir", "être-united"]·heb["יחד", "תחד", "תיחד"]·HI["एक-कर", "जुड़ेगा", "मिले"]·ID["bersatu", "engkau-disatukan", "satukanlah"]·IT["[יחד]", "[תחד]", "essere-united"]·jav["Satuhuken", "badhe-nggabung", "badhé-tunggal"]·KO["연합하리라", "연합하지-말라", "하나-로-하소서"]·PT["se-una", "te-unirás", "une"]·RU["соедини", "соединишься", "соединяйся"]·ES["se-una", "te-unirás", "unifica"]·SW["nao", "niombe", "unganisha"]·TR["birleseceksin", "birleştir", "katılsın"]·urd["شامل-ہو", "ملے-گا", "یکجا-کر"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [יָחַד] vb. be united (Arabic وَحَدَ be alone, ii. make one; NH Pi. יִּחֵד make or declare one; Aramaic יַחֵד unite, ܫܰܘܚܶܕ set alone)— Qal Impf. 3 fs. Gn 49:6 בִּקְהָלָם אַל־תֵּחַד כְּבוֹדִי in their assembly let my glory not be united (‖ בְּסֹדָם אַל־תָּבֹא נַפְשִׁי); 2 fs. Is 14:20 לֹא תֵחַד אִתָּם בִּקְבוּרָה. Pi. Imv. ψ 86:11 יַחֵד לְבָבִי לְיִרְאָה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ unite my heart (i.e.…