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He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
He said, to utter, say Verb H559 וַיֹּ֡אמֶר vai·yo·mer
"Take to take Verb H3947 קַח־ kach-
now I (we) pray, now Interjection H4994 נָ֠א na
your son, son Noun H1121 בִּנְךָ֙ bin·cha
your only only, only one, solitary Adjective H3173 יְחִֽידְךָ֤ ye·chi·de·cha
son, whom who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶׁר־ a·sher-
you love, to love Verb H157 אָהַ֙בְתָּ֙ a·hav·ta
Isaac, "he laughs," son of Abraham and Sarah Noun H3327 יִצְחָ֔ק yitz·chak,
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and go to go, come, walk Verb H1980 וְלֶךְ־ ve·lech-
to the land earth, land Noun H776 אֶ֖רֶץ e·retz
of Moriah, a mountain where Isaac was to be sacrificed Noun H4179 הַמֹּרִיָּ֑ה ham·mo·ri·yah;
and offer to go up, ascend, climb Verb H5927 וְהַעֲלֵ֤הוּ ve·ha·'a·le·hu
him there there, thither Adverb H8033 שָׁם֙ sham
as a burnt offering whole burnt offering Noun H5930 לְעֹלָ֔ה le·'o·lah,
on one one Adjective H259 אַחַ֣ד a·chad
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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of the mountains mountain, hill, hill country Noun H2022 הֶֽהָרִ֔ים he·ha·rim,
of which who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶׁ֖ר a·sher
I will tell to utter, say Verb H559 אֹמַ֥ר o·mar
you."      

People

Isaac

Isaac, the son of Abraham and Father of Jacob and Esau

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New American Standard Bible 1995 He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."
King James Bible He And he said, "Take Take now your thy son, your thine only son, whom you love, son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go to get thee into the land of Moriah, Moriah; and offer him there as for a burnt offering on upon one of the mountains of which I will tell you."thee of.
Hebrew Greek English He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."