יָחִיד, only, single, individual. Gen. R. s. 99, end (ref. to כאחד, Gen. XLIX, 16) כִּיחִידוֹ של וכ׳ (not כיחודו) like the Only One of the world, as He needs no help &c.; ib. s. 21 (ref. to כאחד, ib. III, 22). Ib. s. 55 זה י׳ לאמו וכ׳ this one (Ishmael) is the only son of his mother, and the other (Isaac) is &c.—Taan. 9ᵃ בשביל י׳ for an individual’s sake, opp. רבים. Ber. 9ᵃ, a. fr. י׳ ורבים הלכה וכ׳ where a single opinion is opposed to the opinion of more than one, the law follows the latter. Bets. V, 5 בור של י׳ a well belonging to an individual. Erub. 46ᵃ י׳ במקום י׳ an individual opinion opposed to an individual opinion; a. v. fr.—Y. Keth. VII, 31ᵇ bot. בְּיָ׳ (= בְּיִחוּד) privately.—Pl. יְחִידִים, יְחִידִין. R. Hash. 17ᵇ כי׳ דמי are to be considered as individuals (in prayer); a. fr.—Fem.יְחִידָה. Num. R. s. 12 בת י׳ an only daughter; a. fr.—Deut. R. s. 2, end מה הקב"ה … כך הנפש י׳ בגוף as the Lord is matchless in his world, so is the soul in the body; Midr. Till. to Ps. CIII; Gen. R. s. 14, end שכל האברים … והיא י׳ בגוף all limbs are paired, but she (the soul) is unmatched in the body.—As a noun (b. h.) יְחִידָהsoul. Ib. Deut. R. l. c.; a. e.
יָחִיד, select, esp. one devoted to a particularly scrupulous life. Taan. 10ᵇ איזהו י׳ who is called a yaḥid? Ans. י׳ כל שראוי וכ׳ whoever is worthy to be appointed manager of a community. Ib. אל יאמר אדם … להיות י׳ one must not say, I am only a student, I am not fit to lead the life of a yaḥid (it would be an assumption, v. יוֹהֲרָא); Tosef. ib. I, 7 (v. Var. in ed. Zuck. a. Rabb. D. S. to Taan. l. c.); Y. Ber. II, end, 5ᵈ כל דבר של צער … י׳ עושה in all matters of self-abnegation, whoever desires to make himself a yaḥid, may do so.—Pl. as ab. Taan. I, 4; a. fr. V. יְחִידִי
