Judah
pronunciation
How to pronounce Judah in British English:
UK [ˈdʒu:də]
How to pronounce Judah in American English:
US [ˈdʒudə]
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- Noun:
- (Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah
- an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center
Word Origin
- Judah
- masc. proper name, biblical son of Jacob by Leah, also the name of a tribe of Israel, from Hebrew Yehudah, from stem of y-d-h, literally "praised."
Example
- 1. A messenger shouted from the nearby land of judah .
- 2. And her treacherous sister judah saw it .
- 3. And his sons showed him which road the man of god from judah had taken .
- 4. In the complex history of the postexilic community in judah , nehemiah plays a singular role .
- 5. At that time , judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of adullam named hirah .