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judah 音标拼音: [dʒ'udə] n. 犹太;犹太所出的后裔 犹太;犹太所出的後裔 Judah n 1: ( Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah 2: an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center [ synonym: { Judah}, { Juda}] Judah praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah' s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: " Now will I praise [ Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah" ( Gen. 29: 35). It was Judah that interposed in behalf of Joseph, so that his life was spared ( Gen. 37: 26, 27). He took a lead in the affairs of the family, and " prevailed above his brethren" ( Gen. 43: 3- 10; 44: 14, 16- 34; 46: 28; 1 Chr. 5: 2). Soon after the sale of Joseph to the Ishmaelites, Judah went to reside at Adullam, where he married a woman of Canaan. ( See { ONAN}; { TAMAR}.) After the death of his wife Shuah, he returned to his father' s house, and there exercised much influence over the patriarch, taking a principal part in the events which led to the whole family at length going down into Egypt. We hear nothing more of him till he received his father' s blessing ( Gen. 49: 8- 12).
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