yehud · Judah

What it means

yehud (יְהוּד) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “Judah”.

(the Aramaic form of the name): the tribe and the land of Judah; in Ezra, the Persian province of Judah, with Jerusalem.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×3
• Daniel×4

• Ezra 5:1

  And Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, the prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and in Jerusalem, in the name of the Elah of Israel, who was over them.

• Ezra 5:8

  Let it be known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great Elah; and it is being built with great stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and that work is being done with diligence and prospers in their hands.

• Ezra 7:14

  Because you are sent from before the king and his seven counselors to investigate about Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your Elah, which is in your hand,

• Daniel 2:25

  Then Arioch in haste brought Daniel before the king and said this to him: “I have found a man from the sons of the exile of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.”

• Daniel 5:13

  Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Are you Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah?

• Daniel 6:13

  Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, has paid no attention to you, O king, or to the prohibition that you signed; but three times a day he makes his request.”

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