יְהוּד
Yᵉhûwd · yeh-hood'
properly, Judah, hence, Judaea
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) contracted from a form corresponding to H3063 (יְהוּדָה);
properly, Judah, hence, Judaea
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jewry, Judah, Judea.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוּד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- judah2 · 29%
- of judah2 · 29%
- that were in judah1 · 14%
- of judea1 · 14%
- jewry1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.