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Judah (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה, Standard Hebrew: Yəhuda; Tiberian vocalization: Yəhûḏāh, "Celebrated, praised") is the name of several Biblical and historical figures. Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct (yet very well documented Oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was The original Greek text of the New Testament makes no difference between the names "Judah", "Judas" and "Jude", rendering them all as Ioudas; but in many English translations "Judah" is used for the figure in the Tanakh and the tribe named after him, "Judas" is used primarily for Judas Iscariot, and "Jude" for other New Testament persons of the same name. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly See also Old testament, Septuagint, Targum, Peshitta The Tanakh (תַּנַ"ךְ (taˈnax or; also Tenakh or Tenak is Judas Iscariot, יהודה איש־קריות Yəhûḏāh ʾΚ-qəriyyôṯ was according to the New Testament, one of the twelve original apostles Jude (alternatively Judas or Judah) is the third of the brothers of Jesus appearing in the New Testament.
The Bible itself mentions no other people of the name, except the original one; however, it became a very common name among Jews in Hellenistic times and remains such up to the present.
The name Judah can refer to:
- Judah (Bible), one of the sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob (Israel)
All later individuals, groups and places of this name are directly or indirectly derived from this Judah. Judah / Yehuda ( Hebrew: יְהוּדָה Standard Yəhuda Tiberian Yəhûḏāh) was according
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Ethnic, political and geographic names and terms
- The Tribe of Judah, the Hebrew tribe whose members regarded the above as their eponymous ancestor
- The Kingdom of Judah, the kingdom dominated by the Tribe of Judah and ruled by the House of David, from the breaking off of the Kingdom of Israel following the death of King Solomon until the Babylonian Exile
- Judea, the former territory of the Kingdom of Judah after its demise (c. The Tribe of Judah ( was one of the Tribes of Israel. At its height it was the leading tribe of the Kingdom of Judah, and occupied most of the territory of the kingdom Judea is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel. Judea or Judæa ( Hebrew: יהודה Standard Yəhuda Tiberian Yəhûḏāh, "praised 586 BC), being successively a Babylonian, a Persian, a Ptolomeic and a Seleucid province, an independent kingdom under the Hasmoneans regarding itself as successor of the Biblical one, a Roman dependent kingdom and a Roman province
- Iudaea Province, Roman province, with the Latin spelling
- Jew, derived from Hebrew "Yehudi" יהודי (literally, "Judean"); the derivation is more clear in German "Jude" and in Slavic "Zid"
- Judean Mountains, modern Israeli name for the mountains around Jerusalem, politically divided between Israel and the Occupied West Bank
- Judea and Samaria, Biblical term for the area now generally known as the West Bank, the term in its modern usage is disputed by most Palestinians as implying a claim for continued Israeli-Jewish possession
- Other places
- Judah, Indiana, a small town in the United States
People
Given name
- Judah Maccabee, leader of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid empire
- Judah haNasi, chief redactor of the Mishnah and second-century Jewish leader
- Judah II, third-century Jewish sage
- Judah III, third- and fourth-century Jewish sage
- Judah P. Benjamin, a politician and lawyer in the United States and Confederate States of America
- Judah Nagler, singer, guitarist and songwriter for indie-pop band The Velvet Teen
- Yehuda Alharizi, prominent Medieval Spanish Jewish rabbi, translator, poet and traveller
- Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet
- Yehuda Amital, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion and a former member of the Israeli cabinet
- Judah Lew ben Bezalel, the Maharal, an important Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic, and philosopher who served as a leading rabbi in Prague (now in the Czech Republic) for most of his life
- Yehuda Gilad, clarinetist
- Yehuda Halevi, prominent Medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet
- Yehuda Krinsky, Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi
- Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, Rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin yeshiva and author of several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania
- Haile Selassie I, as to known by the Rastafarians that he is the Lion of Judah, and is a direct descendant of David. Kingdom of Judea redirects here For the 10th-6th century BCE kingdom see Kingdom of Judah Iudaea ( Hebrew: יהודה Standard PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The Judean Mountains, (جبال الخليل Transliteration: Jibal al-Khalil, הרי יהודה Transliteration: Harei Yehuda) This article refers to a District of Israel called Judea and Samaria The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria Judah is an unincorporated town in Marshall Township, Lawrence County, Indiana. Judas Maccabeus (or Judah Maccabee, also spelled Machabeus or Maccabaeus Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, Yehudah HaMakabi, Judah the Hammer Judah II was a famous Jewish sage who lived in Tiberias in the Land of Israel, in the middle of the third century CE Judah III ( Hebrew: יהודה נשיאה) held the office of Nasi of the ancient Jewish Sanhedrin between 290 and 320 CE Judah Philip Benjamin ( August 6, 1811 &ndash May 6, 1884) was an American politician and lawyer Judah Nagler is the singer for The Velvet Teen, an Indie / Baroque Pop band from Santa Rosa in Northern California. The Velvet Teen is an Indie band from Northern California. The Velvet Teen was founded by Judah Nagler and Logan Whitehurst as a side Yehuda Alharizi, also Judah ben Solomon Harizi or al-Harizi ( יהודה בן שלמה אלחריזי, Yehudah ben Shelomo al-Harizi, يحيا Yehuda Amichai (May 3 1924 - September 22 2000 Hebrew יהודה עמיחי was an Israeli Poet. Rabbi Yehuda Amital, (יהודה עמיטל was born Yehuda Klein on 31 October, 1924 in Hungary. Yehuda Gilad is a professor of Clarinet at the University of Southern California and the Colburn School of music Yehuda Halevi, in full Yehuda ben Shemuel Ha-Levi, also Judah Halevi, or Judah ben Samuel Halevi ( Hebrew: יהודה הלוי) (c Rabbi Chaim Yehuda (Yudel Krinsky (born 1933 is a Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic Rabbi. Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (נפתלי צבי יהודה ברלין also known as Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin, 1817 - 10 August 1893 Haile Selassie I ( Ge'ez: am ኃይለ፡ ሥላሴ "Power of the Trinity " 23 July 1892 &ndash 27 August 1975 born Tafari Makonnen, was
- Dr. Judah Folkman, American Cellular Biologist. Founder of the field of antiangiogenesis.
Surname
- Henry M. Judah, American soldier
- Theodore Judah, American engineer who dreamed of the first transcontinental railroad
- Zab Judah, former world champion welterweight boxer
Sports
- Bnei Yehuda, Israeli football team (literally, "Sons of Judah" or "Sons of Judea")
Businesses
- Yehuda Matzos, an Israeli matza company
Dictionary
Judah
-proper noun
- (Biblical) Fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
- (Biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Judah, from which David and his lineage came.
- (Biblical) The name of the southern Israelite kingdom which continued to be ruled by the Davidic dynasty after Solomon's death and the breakup of the united monarchy, with the northern portion keeping the name Israel.
- A male given name.
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