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Judah Pronunciation "JEW-duh" Gender Male Related names Yehudah
Judah is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. It is the English form of Yehudah (יְהוּדָה), the Hebrew name of the biblical figure Judah , founder of the Tribe of Judah and thus, the eponym of the Kingdom of Judah and the Jews .
Notable people with one or the other variant of the name include:
Etymology [ edit ]
The Hebrew name for Judah, Yehuda (יהודה), literally "thanksgiving" or "praise," is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), "to thank" or "to praise."[1] Gen. 29:35; upon his birth, Leah exclaims, "This time I will praise the LORD /YHWH ," with the Hebrew word for "I will praise," odeh (אודה) sharing the same root as Yehuda . Alternatively, Edward Lipiński connected Hebrew yĕhūdā with Arabic whd / wahda "cleft, ravine".[2]
Biblical and ancient historical figures [ edit ]
In chronological order:
Judah (son of Jacob) , fourth son of the Biblical patriarch Jacob
Judah Maccabee or Judas Maccabeus , Jewish priest who led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167–160 BCE)
Judas Iscariot , Hebrew Yehūḏā ʾĪš-Qǝrīyyōṯ, 'Judah, man of Kerioth' (died c. AD 30), one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus
Judah ha-Nasi , also Judah the Prince or Judah I, Jewish sage and leader (2nd century)
Judah II , Jewish sage (3rd century)
Judah III , Jewish sage (3rd and 4th century)
Judah IV , Talmudic sage (4th century)
Judah b. Meremar , Babylonian sage (5th century?)
Saint Jude (Thaddeus) the Apostle , one of Twelve ,[3]
Saint Jude, brother of Jesus , one of Seventy-two ,[4]
Saint Justus (Jude) of Jerusalem , third Bishop of Jerusalem ,[5]
Saint Jude Barsabbas , prophet, Church leader,[6]
Saint Jude , one of Holy Maccabean Martyrs ,[7]
Saint Jude Cyriacus , bishop of Ancona ,[8]
Saint Jude Machabeus , priest and leader,[9]
Saint Jude, son of Jacob , Old Testmanet patriarch,[10]
Saint Jude, host of Saint Paul in Damascus ,[11]
People with the given name [ edit ]
In alphabetical order:
Judah P. Benjamin (1811–1884), politician and lawyer in the United States and Confederate States of America
Judah Bergman aka "Jack Kid Berg" (1909–1991), English world champion Hall of Fame junior welterweight boxer
Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512-1526 – 1609) or Rabbi Loew of Prague, the Maharal, Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic and philosopher
Judah David Bleich (born 1936), American rabbi and authority on Jewish law and ethics
Judah Folkman (1933–2008), American cellular biologist, founder of the field of antiangiogenesis
Judah Friedlander (born 1969), American actor best known from 30 Rock
Judah Grace (born 2022), American person known for being born on twosday at 2:22 AM.
Judah Halevi (1075–1141), medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet
Judah Hertz (born 1948/49), American real estate investor
Judah Lewis (born 2000 or 2001), American actor
Judah Leon Magnes (1877–1948), rabbi, first President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Judah Nagler (born 1980), singer, guitarist, and songwriter for indie-pop band The Velvet Teen
"Judah son of Jesus", name on one of the ossuaries in the 1st-century Talpiot Tomb
Yehuda(h ), Yehudi [ edit ]
In alphabetical order of their surname:
Yehuda Alharizi (mid-12th century – 1225), medieval Spanish rabbi, translator, poet and traveller
Yehuda Amichai (1924–2000), Israeli poet
Yehuda Amital (1924–2010), dean of Yeshivat Har Etzion, former Israeli cabinet member
Yehuda Atedji (born 1961), Israeli Olympic windsurfer
Yehuda Danon (born 1940), Israeli doctor
Yehuda Gilad (musician) , contemporary clarinetist and conductor
Yehuda Gilad (politician) (born 1955), Israeli rabbi and politician
Yehudah Glick (born 1965), American-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi, activist, and politician
Yehuda Green (born 1959), Shlomo Carlebach-inspired Hasidic singer, composer, and hazzan
Yehuda Hayuth (born 1946), Israeli professor of geography
Yehudah Jacobs (c. 1940–2020), American rabbi
Yehuda Krinsky (born 1933), Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi
Yehuda Kurtzer (born 1977), President of The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
Yehuda Moraly (born 1948), Israeli theater researcher, playwright, director, actor, and professor
Yehuda Poliker (born 1950), Israeli singer-songwriter
Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), world-famous violinist
Yehuda Tzadka (1910–1991), dean of Porat Yosef Yeshiva, Jerusalem
Yehuda Wiener-Gafni (born 1930), Israeli Olympic basketball player
Yehuda Weisenstein (born 1955), Israeli Olympic fencer
Yehuda Zadok (born 1958), Israeli Olympic runner
Fictional characters [ edit ]
Judah Ben-Hur , main character of the 1880 Lew Wallace novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and film adaptations
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Exell, Joseph Samuel (1892). Homiletical Commentary on the Book of Genesis . USA: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 583.
^ Lipiński, Edward,『L'étymologie de Juda,』Vetus Testamentum 23.3 (July 1973): p. 380-381
^ Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Judas Thaddaeus, S. (7 )«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 3. ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-08 .
^ Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Judas, S. (4 )«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 3. Augsburg ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-08 .
^ Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Judas (8 )«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 3. Augsburg 1869, ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-08 .
^ Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Judas Barsabas, S. (2 )«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 3. ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-08 .
^ Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Judas, S. (5 )«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 3. Augsburg ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-08 .
^ Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Judas Quiriacus, S. (3 )«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 3. ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-08 .
^ Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Judas Machabaeus, S. (6 )«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 3. ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-08 .
^ Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Juda, S.«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 3. Augsburg 1869, ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-08 .
^ Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Judas (9 )«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 3. Augsburg 1869, ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-08 .
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