10-15-2010, 07:36 PM
Roger Wrote:What is the meaning of the name Yehuda (Judah)? When it is transliterated into English is it YHWDH? Is that right?
Thanks
Shlama Akhi Roger:
The origin of the name Yehudah (Judah) is derived from Genesis 29:35. Judah was the fourth and last natural son of Leah, the first wife of Jacob. At Judah's birth, Leah exclaimed, "Now I will praise the LORD", "hapaam odeh et-YHVH" Yehudah is derived from the root "hod", meaning, glory, splendour, majesty, beauty, grandeur, magnificence. This definition is from the Reuben-Alcalay Hebrew-English Dictionary. Hod can also mean "honour".
Shlama,
Stephen Silver
Dukhrana Biblical Research
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