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The Hebrew name for Judah, Yehuda (יהודה), literally "thanksgiving" or "praise," is a variant form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), "to thank" or "to praise." [1] His birth is recorded at 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.
Judah, from the series Jacob and His Twelve Sons c. 1640 – c. 1645 by Francisco de Zurbarán. The text of the Torah argues that the name of Judah, meaning to thank or admit, refers to Leah's intent to thank Hashem, on account of having achieved four children, and derived from odeh, meaning I will give thanks.
According to the Book of Genesis, Judah (יְהוּדָה , Yehudah) was the name of the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob. During the Exodus, the name was given to the Tribe of Judah, descended from the patriarch Judah. After the conquest and settlement of the land of Canaan, Judah also
Judah is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ben Judah (born 1988), British journalist and author; Gerry Judah (born 1951), British artist and designer; Henry M. Judah (1821–1866), American soldier; Marietta Judah (1812–1883), American stage actress
Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Judaea; Judah (region), the name of part of the Land of Israel Kingdom of Judah, an Iron Age kingdom of the Southern Levant History of ancient Israel and Judah; Yehud (Persian province), a name introduced in the Babylonian period; Judaea (Roman province)
The name Judea is a Greek and Roman adaptation of the name "Judah", which originally encompassed the territory of the Israelite tribe of that name and later of the ancient Kingdom of Judah. Nimrud Tablet K.3751, dated c. 733 BCE, is the earliest known record of the name Judah (written in Assyrian cuneiform as Yaudaya or KUR.ia-ú-da-a-a).
The names Judas and Jude, both derived from the Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), itself derived from the Hebrew name Judah (יהודה, Y e hûdâh, Hebrew for "God is thanked") together appear 36 times in the New Testament. [3] Judas was a very common given name in the historical period and region of Jesus, due to the renowned hero Judas Maccabeus.
It is the feminine form of Judah. Judith appeared in the Hebrew Bible as one of Esau's wives, while the deuterocanonical Book of Judith tells of a different Judith. [2] It is in common usage in English, French, German, many Scandinavian languages, Dutch, and Hebrew. In Ethiopia and Eritrea it is called Yodit.