יהודה

Hebrew

Etymology

Derived from יָדָה (yadá, “to praise”). Compare Akkadian 𒅀𒌑𒁕𒀀𒀀 (ia-u-da-a-a). Alternatively, linked to Arabic وَهْدة (wahda, “ravine, gully, gulch, lowlands”)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jehuˈda/

• (file)

Proper noun

יְהוּדָה • (y'hudá) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Judah, Judas, or Jude
   • Tanach, Genesis 38:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיְהִי כְּמִשְׁלֹשׁ חֳדָשִׁים וַיֻּגַּד לִיהוּדָה לֵאמֹר זָנְתָה תָּמָר כַּלָּתֶךָ וְגַם הִנֵּה הָרָה לִזְנוּנִים וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה הוֹצִיאוּהָ וְתִשָּׂרֵף׃ֿ

     va-yhí k-mishlósh ḥodashím va-yugád li-Yhudá lemór zantá Tamár kalatékha v-gam hinéh hará li-znuním va-yómer Yhudá hotsiúha v-tissaréf

     And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying: ‘Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by harlotry.’ And Judah said: ‘Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.’

2. Judah, Judea (the tribal grouping, the kingdom, the region, the province, etc.)
   • Tanach, Psalms 63:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד בִּהְיוֹתוֹ בְּמִדְבַּר יְהוּדָה׃

     mizmór l-davíd bi-hyot-ó b-midbár yhudá

     A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

Derived terms

• גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה (gur aryé y'hudá)
• יְהוּדָה וְעוׄד לִקְרָא (y'hudá v'ód likrá)
• יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן (y'hudá v'shom'rón)
• יְהוּדִי (yehudí)

Descendants

• → Akkadian: 𒅀𒌑𒁕𒀀𒀀 (ia-u₂-da-a-a /⁠yaʼuda⁠/)
• → Ancient Greek: Ἰούδᾱς (Ioúdās), Ἰουδᾱ́ (Ioudā́)
  • → Old Armenian: Յուդա (Yuda), Յուդայ (Yuday), Յուդաս (Yudas)
    • Armenian: Հուդա (Huda)
  • → Latin: Iūdās, Jūdās
    • → Catalan: Judes
    • Italian: Giuda
    • → Middle English: Iudas
      • English: Judas, Jude
• → Arabic: يَهُود (yahūd, “Jews”), يَهُوذَا (yahūḏā)
• → Classical Syriac: ܝܗܘܕܐ (yəhūḏā)
• → Yiddish: יהודה (yehude)
• ⇒ Ancient Greek: Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos, “Jew”) (see there for further descendants)

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew יְהוּדָה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jəˈhʊdə/

Proper noun

יהודה • (yehude) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Judah, Judas, or Jude
2. Judah, Judea (the kingdom, the region, the province, etc.)