Lexical Summary Yehudah: probably "praised", a son of Jacob, also his desc., the S. kingdom, also four Israelites Original Word: יְהוּדָהTransliteration: Yehudah Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-hoo-daw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: probably "praised", a son of Jacob, also his desc., the S. kingdom, also four Israelites Meaning: Judah -- "praised", a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites Strong's Concordance Judah From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory -- Judah. see HEBREW yadah Brown-Driver-Briggs H3063. Yehudah יְהוּדָה820 proper name, masculine and of a territory Judah (treated Genesis 29:35; 49:8 (q. v. below) as if derived from Hoph`al of ידה = praised, object of praise (on ה compare Hiph`il אֲהוֺדֶ֑נּוּ Psalm 28:7, יְהוֺדֶה Nehemiah 11:17), but this dubious; relation to יְהֻד, II. יְהוּדִית: unexplained; see further JastrJBL xii, 1898, 61 ff.; Assyrian Ia-u-du, of land; Ia-u-da-ai, Judaean COTGloss) — I. proper name, masculine 1. son of Jacob and Leah, explained by Leah's words I will praise ׳י Genesis 29:35 (J); compare Jacob's prediction, thy brethren shall praise thee 49:8 (poem in J E), see also 49:9; 49:10; elsewhere 37:26; 38:1 14t. Genesis 38; 43:3, 8; 44:14, 16, 18; 46:28 (all J), 35:23 (P), 1 Chronicles 2:1, 3; Ruth 4:12; יְהוּדָה בְּנֵי sons of Judah Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19 (P), 1 Chronicles 2:3-4, 4:1. 2 tribe descended from Judah Deuteronomy 33:7 (poem), Numbers 1:7 (P), Deuteronomy 27:12 +; יהודה בְּנֵי Numbers 1:26; Joshua 14:6 (D), Judges 1:8 +; יהודה שֵׁבֶט Joshua 7:16 (J), 1 Kings 12:20; 2 Kings 17:18; Psalm 78:68; יהודה בְנֵי מַטֵּה Joshua 15:1, 20, 21; 21:9 (all P), 1 Chronicles 6:50; elsewhere יהודה מַטֵּה Exodus 31:2; 35:30; 38:22; Numbers 1:27; 7:12; 13:6; 34:19; Joshua 7:1, 18; 21:4 (all P); יהודה אישׁ Judges 15:20 +; יהודה אנשׁי 2 Samuel 2:4 +, (compare amelûti [ƒabê] Ia-u-du Tel el-AmarnaNo. 39 JastrJBL xii, 1893, 64). 3 nation, of southern kingdom under dynasty of David, as distinguished from northern kingdom of Ephraim or Israel: Hosea 4:15; Jeremiah 2:28; 2 Chronicles 12:12 +; of the returned exiles Nehemiah 4:4; יהודה עַם 2 Kings 14:21 2 Chronicles 26:1; Jeremiah 25:1-2, Ezra 4:4; יהודה בְּנֵי Hosea 2:2; Jeremiah 7:30; 2 Chronicles 13:18; 25:12; 28:10; יהודה בֵּית Hosea 1:7; Jeremiah 3:18; Ezekiel 4:6 +; יהודה מַלְכוּת2 Chronicles 11:17; personified, י ׳בַּת Lamentations 1:15; 2:2, 5. 4 Levite, Ezra's time, Ezra 10:23. 5 an over-seer of Jerusalem Nehemiah 11:9. 6 Levite musician Nehemiah 12:8. 7 priest Nehemiah 12:36. II. proper name, of a territory land of Judah, feminine Isaiah 7:6; Jeremiah 23:6 = 33:16; Joel 4:30; Psalm 114:2 +; יְהוּדָה ארץ 1 Samuel 22:5; 2 Kings 23:24 +; יהודה אדמת Isaiah 19:17; יהודה עָרֵי 2 Samuel 2:1; 1 Kings 12:17; 2 Kings 18:13; 23:5, 8; Isaiah 40:9; 44:26; Zechariah 1:12; Psalm 69:36; Lamentations 5:11; elsewhere 15 t. Chronicles, 23 t. Jeremiah; בִּיהודה Judges 15:9 +; מיהודה 1 Kings 13:1 +; יהודה הר the hill-country of Judah Joshua 11:21(D), 20:7; 21:11 (P), 2 Chronicles 27:4; יהודה נֶגֶב the south (country) of Judah 1 Samuel 27:10; 2 Samuel 24:7; יהודה מדבר Judges 1:16; Psalm 63:1 (title). |
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