{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3063",
  "lemma": "יְהוּדָה",
  "transliteration": "Yᵉhûwdâh",
  "definition": "Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory",
  "kjv": "Judah.",
  "occurrences": 819,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H3034",
      "lemma": "יָדָה",
      "transliteration": "yâdâh",
      "meaning": "physically, to throw",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3034"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "יְהוּדָה 820 n.pr.m. et terr. Judah",
    "I. n.pr.m.",
    "1. son of Jacob and Leah",
    "2. tribe descended from Judah",
    "3. nation, of southern kingdom under dynasty of David, as distinguished from northern kingdom of Ephraim or Israel",
    "4. Levite, Ezra’s time",
    "5. an overseer of Jerus.",
    "6. Levite musician",
    "7. priest",
    "II. n.pr.terr. land of Judah"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 29:35",
      "text": "She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/29?v=35"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 35:23",
      "text": "The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:26",
      "text": "Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:1",
      "text": "At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:2",
      "text": "There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:6",
      "text": "Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:7",
      "text": "Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight. So the LORD killed him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:8",
      "text": "Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:11",
      "text": "Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:12",
      "text": "After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=12"
    }
  ],
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