Strong's Hebrew: 3063. יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) -- probably "praised", a son of Jacob, also his desc., the S. kingdom, also four Israelites

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Lexical Summary

Yehudah: probably "praised", a son of Jacob, also his desc., the S. kingdom, also four Israelites

Original Word: יְהוּדָה
Transliteration: 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 Jastr^{JBL xii, 1898, 61 ff.}; Assyrian Ia-u-du, of land; Ia-u-da-ai, Judaean COT^Gloss) —

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-Amarna^{No. 39} Jastr^{JBL 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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