יְהוּדָאִי
Yᵉhûwdâʼîy · yeh-hoo-daw-ee'
a Jehudaite (or Judaite), i.e. Jew
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) patrial from H3061 (יְהוּד)lemma יְהיּד yod, corrected to יְהוּד;
a Jehudaite (or Judaite), i.e. Jew
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jew.
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
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in › strength, the leader › the hand that works
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in of strength, the leader of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוּדָאִי 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the jews4 · 40%
- the jews3 · 30%
- jews2 · 20%
- that the jews1 · 10%
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.