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# יְהוּד

Biblical Aramaic

**Jewry** — used 7 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Jewry [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d4_5d5_5bc_5d3/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְהוּד: n.pr.terr. Judah [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d4_5d5_5bc_5d3/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.terr. Judah (secondary format. from foll. according to M§ 68. b Buhl; cf. BH יְהוּדָה);—Dn 5:13b; Ezr 5:1, 8; 7:14; בְּנֵי גָלוּתָא דִּי י׳ Dn 2:25; 5:13a; 6:14.

### Jastrow 1903

יְהוּד: Judaea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d4_5d5_5bc_5d3/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** Judaea. Dan. II, 25; a. e.—Lam. R. to I, 2 י׳ מדינתא the province of J.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Judah (6); Judea (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 5:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.1/#tree)

וְהִתְנַבִּ֞י חַגַּ֣י נְבִיָּ֗א וּזְכַרְיָ֤ה בַר־עִדּוֹא֙ נְבִיַּיָּ֔א עַל־יְה֣וּדָיֵ֔א דִּ֥י בִיה֖וּד וּבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם בְּשֻׁ֛ם אֱלָ֥הּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֲלֵיהֽוֹן׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.prophesied Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the.son of.Iddo the prophets to the Jews who \[were\].in Judah and in Jerusalem in the.name of.the.God of.Israel \[who was\].over.them

*JPS 1917:* Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel prophesied they unto them.

[Ezra 7:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.14/#tree)

כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּי֩ מִן־קֳדָ֨ם מַלְכָּ֜א וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת יָעֲטֹ֙הִי֙ שְׁלִ֔יחַ לְבַקָּרָ֥א עַל־יְה֖וּד וְלִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם בְּדָ֥ת אֱלָהָ֖ךְ דִּ֥י בִידָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* as to because that from before the king and seven counselors his \[you.are\].sent to enquire on Judah and to Jerusalem in the.law of your.God which \[is\].in hand your

*JPS 1917:* Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d4_5d5_5bc_5d3.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d4_5d5_5bc_5d3/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).