One of the numerous good points Dr. Hoffman makes in this message, is about the 2 primary Hebrew words for "one." The first word is 'echaad, which is nearly always translated "one." While it normally denotes one person, place, or thing, there are a great MANY places where MORE than one person, place, or thing is described as "one." One example is Genesis 2:24, where God says the man & woman shall cleave to one another, and become "one flesh." Also, in Genesis 11:6, God says that all these people have become "one." In Numbers 13:23, the 12 spies bring back a branch with "one" cluster of grapes. And then in the ultimate Jewish statement of faith in the ONE true God, it is said, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD." The word used here is 'echaad, the Hebrew word for one that quite often designates several persons, places or things spoken of as "one."
The other Hebrew word used to mean "one" is yachid. One example of its use is when God tells Abraham to take His "only" son Isaac. Eight times in the Old Testament, yachid is translated "only." Twice it is translated "my darling," and once it is translated "solitary." Once it is also translated "desolate."