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Esther 8:16

“The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יְהוּדִיYᵉhûwdîy · yeh-hoo-dee'
H3064 · Hebrew

Definition: a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
Derivation: patronymically from H3063 (יְהוּדָה);
KJV renderings: Jew.
Grammar: לַ — preposition with definite article
יְּהוּדִ֕ים — gentilic noun, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HRd/Ngmpa
Usage: Occurs 81 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Kings 16:6 2 Kings 25:25 Nehemiah 1:2 Nehemiah 2:16 Nehemiah 3:33

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יְהוּדִי here.

Verse 15 Verse 17

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.