יְהוּדָה820 proper name, masculine and of a territory Judah (treated [Gen 29:35]; [Gen 49:8] (q. v. below) as if derived from Hoph`al of ידה = praised, object of praise (on ה compare Hiph`il אֲהוֺדֶ֑נּוּ [Ps 28:7], יְהוֺדֶה [Neh 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 [Gen 29:35] (J); compare Jacob's prediction, thy brethren shall praise thee [Gen 49:8] (poem in J E), see also v[Gen 49:9] v[Gen 49:10] elsewhere [Gen 37:26]; [Gen 38:1] + 14 t. [Gen 38]; [Gen 43:3]; [Gen 43:8]; [Gen 44:14]; [Gen 44:16]; [Gen 44:18]; [Gen 46:28] (all J), [Gen 35:23] (P), [1Chr 2:1]; [1Chr 2:3]; [Ruth 4:12] בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה sons of Judah [Gen 46:12]; [Num 26:19] (P), [1Chr 2:3]; [1Chr 2:4]; [1Chr 4:1].
2. tribe descended from Judah [Deut 33:7] (poem), [Num 1:7] (P), [Deut 27:12] +; בְּנֵי יהודה [Num 1:26]; [Josh 14:6] (D), [Judg 1:8] +; שֵׁבֶט יהודה [Josh 7:16] (J), [1Kgs 12:20]; [2Kgs 17:18]; [Ps 78:68] מַטֵּה בְנֵי יהודה [Josh 15:1]; [Josh 15:20]; [Josh 15:21]; [Josh 21:9] (all P), [1Chr 6:50] elsewhere מַטֵּה יהודה [Exod 31:2]; [Exod 35:30]; [Exod 38:22]; [Num 1:27]; [Num 7:12]; [Num 13:6]; [Num 34:19]; [Josh 7:1]; [Josh 7:18]; [Josh 21:4] (all P); אישׁ יהודה [Judg 15:20] +; אנשׁי יהודה [2Sam 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: [Hos 4:15]; [Jer 2:28]; [2Chr 12:12] +; of the returned exiles [Neh 4:4] עַם יהודה [2Kgs 14:21] = [2Chr 26:1]; [Jer 25:1]; [Jer 25:2]; [Ezra 4:4] בְּנֵי יהודה [Hos 2:2]; [Jer 7:30]; [2Chr 13:18]; [2Chr 25:12]; [2Chr 28:10] בֵּית יהודה [Hos 1:7]; [Jer 3:18]; [Ezek 4:6] +; מַלְכוּת יהודה [2Chr 11:17] personified, ׳בַּת י [Lam 1:15]; [Lam 2:2]; [Lam 2:5].
4. Levite, Ezra's time, [Ezra 10:23].
5. an over-seer of Jerusalem [Neh 11:9].
6. Levite musician [Neh 12:8].
7. priest [Neh 12:36].
II. proper name, of a territory land of Judah, feminine [Isa 7:6]; [Jer 23:6] = [Jer 33:16]; [Joel 4:30]; [Ps 114:2] +; ארץ יְהוּדָה [1Sam 22:5]; [2Kgs 23:24] +; אדמת יהודה [Isa 19:17] עָרֵי יהודה [2Sam 2:1]; [1Kgs 12:17]; [2Kgs 18:13]; [2Kgs 23:5]; [2Kgs 23:8]; [Isa 40:9]; [Isa 44:26]; [Zech 1:12]; [Ps 69:36]; [Lam 5:11] elsewhere 15 t. Chronicles, 23 t. Jeremiah; בִּיהודה [Judg 15:9] +; מיהודה [1Kgs 13:1] +; הר יהודה the hill-country of Judah [Josh 11:21](D), [Josh 20:7]; [Josh 21:11] (P), [2Chr 27:4] נֶגֶב יהודה the south (country) of Judah [1Sam 27:10]; [2Sam 24:7] מדבר יהודה [Judg 1:16]; [Ps 63:1] (title).
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