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Genesis 49:8
“Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâh · yeh-hoo-daw'
H3063 · Hebrew
H3063 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
- Derivation
- from H3034 (יָדָה); celebrated;
- KJV renderings
- Judah.
- Grammar
- יְהוּדָ֗ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 819 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 29:35Genesis 35:23Genesis 37:26Genesis 38:1Genesis 38:2
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 יְהוּדָה here.
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.