חוּד (v. אֲחַד) 1) to connect, finish an arch by inserting the keystone. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 40ᵃ bot. דהוא חָיֵיד כל וכ׳ for he finishes the entire arch (cmp. Bab. Ab. Zar. 19ᵇ מכוש אחרון, v. מַכּוֹשׁ II). —2) (cmp. Syr. אחד claudere enigma, P. Sm. 116) to bring to a point, to compose an enigma, allegory &c. Targ. Jud. XIV, 12, sq. Targ. Ez. XVII, 2.
[. - אָחֵיד to connect. Targ. Is. XLIV, 13 מְאָחֵיד (מְאַחֵיד, fr. אֲחַד).]