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Esther 9:18

“But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.” (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
  • ו — conjunction
  • ה — particle (definite article)
  • יהודיים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HC/Td/Ncmpa
Usage
Occurs 81 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Kings 16:62 Kings 25:25Nehemiah 1:2Nehemiah 2:16Nehemiah 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.

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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.