Lexical Definition

‎יְהוּד‎ Yᵉhûwd (yeh-hood') Judah ^N:N--L
(Aramaic) contracted from a form corresponding to ‎יְהוּדָה‎

Jewry, Judah, Judea.

• properly, Judah, hence, Judaea

1) Judah-the territory of the tribe of Judah

Extended Information

Aramaic of: יְהוּדָה

• A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.35
• son of: Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל) and Leah (לֵאָה)
• brother of: Reuben (רְאוּבֵן), Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן), Levi (לֵוִי), Issachar (יִשָּׂשכָר), Zebulun (זְבוּלוּן) and Dinah (דִּינָה)
• half-brother of: Dan (דָּן), Naphtali (נַפְתָּלִי), Gad (גָּד), Asher (אָשֵׁר), Joseph (יוֹסֵף) and Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִין); married to Bath-shua (בַּת) and Tamar (תָּמָר)
• father of: Er (עֵר), Onan (אוֹנָן), Shelah (שֵׁלָה), Perez (פֶּרֶץ) and Zerah (זֶרַח)
• Aramaic of ye.hu.dah (‎י‎ְ‎הו‎ּ‎ד‎ָ‎ה‎ "Judah" יְהוּדָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: יְהוּדָה
‎יְהוּד‎ proper name, of a territory Judah (secondary formative from following according to M^{§ 68. b} Buhl; compare Biblical Hebrew ‎יְהוּדָה‎); — Dan 5:13b; Ezra 5:1; Ezra 5:8; Ezra 7:14 ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי גָּלוּתָא דַּי י‎ Dan 2:25; Dan 5:13a; Dan 6:14*.

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