What does יְהוּדִי (yĕhûdiy) mean in the Bible?
יְהוּדִי (yĕhûdiy): Ethnic and religious identity marker denoting membership in Judah's tribe, later the Jewish people and faith community
Hebrew · H3064
יְהוּדִי
A Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
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יְהוּדִי H3064
Pronunciation yĕhûdiy
What does יְהוּדִי (yĕhûdiy) mean in the Bible?
יְהוּדִי (yĕhûdiy): Ethnic and religious identity marker denoting membership in Judah's tribe, later the Jewish people and faith community
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3064?
The BSB source-word alignment has 75 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the Jews (34), of the Jews (8), Jews (7), the Jew (6), among the Jews (3).
Where does יְהוּדִי (yĕhûdiy) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Kings 16:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Esther (52), Jeremiah (10), Nehemiah (10), 2 Kings (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the Jews 34× Nehemiah 2:16, Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 4:12, Esther 3:6
of the Jews 8× Nehemiah 1:2, Esther 3:10, Esther 8:1, Esther 8:17
Jews 7× Nehemiah 4:2, Nehemiah 5:1, Nehemiah 5:17, Nehemiah 13:23
the Jew 6× Esther 5:13, Esther 6:10, Esther 8:7, Esther 9:29
among the Jews 3× Esther 4:3, Esther 8:17, Esther 10:3
for the Jews 2× Esther 4:14, Esther 8:16
[and] the Jews 1× Esther 9:1
[of the] Jews 1× Jeremiah 43:9
a Jewish 1× Esther 2:5
along with the Judeans 1× 2 Kings 25:25
and the Jews 1× Nehemiah 6:6
is Jewish 1× Esther 6:13
Jew {in bondage} 1× Jeremiah 34:9
may the Jews 1× Esther 9:13
of a Jew 1× Zechariah 8:23
our Jewish 1× Nehemiah 5:8
so that the Jews 1× Esther 8:13
So the Jews 1× Esther 9:23
the men of Judah 1× 2 Kings 16:6
they 1× Jeremiah 40:12
was a Jew 1× Esther 3:4
Show sample aligned rows
2 Kings 16:6 הַיְהוּדִ֖ים to the men of Judah Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 2 Kings 25:25 הַיְּהוּדִים֙ to along with the Judeans Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Nehemiah 1:2 הַיְּהוּדִ֧ים to of the Jews Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Nehemiah 2:16 וְלַיְּהוּדִ֨ים to the Jews Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Nehemiah 4:1 הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃ to the Jews Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Nehemiah 4:2 הַיְּהוּדִ֥ים to Jews Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Nehemiah 4:12 הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים to the Jews Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Nehemiah 5:1 הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃ to Jews Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Nehemiah 5:8 הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים to our Jewish Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Nehemiah 5:17 וְהַיְּהוּדִ֨ים to Jews Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Kings 16:6
Aligned rows 75
Books represented 5
2 Kings 2 Nehemiah 10 Esther 52 Jeremiah 10 Zechariah 1
Source forms
הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים 8x hay·yə·hū·ḏîm Nehemiah 4:12, Esther 8:5, Esther 8:9, Esther 9:23
הַיְּהוּדִים֙ 6x hay·yə·hū·ḏîm 2 Kings 25:25, Nehemiah 13:23, Esther 9:1, Esther 9:5
הַיְּהוּדִ֗ים 5x hay·yə·hū·ḏîm Esther 9:20, Esther 9:30, Jeremiah 38:19, Jeremiah 40:12
הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃ 5x hay·yə·hū·ḏîm Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 5:1, Esther 3:10, Esther 4:13
הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים 4x hay·yə·hū·ḏîm Nehemiah 5:8, Esther 4:16, Esther 8:8, Esther 9:2
הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים 4x hay·yə·hū·ḏîm Esther 6:13, Esther 8:9, Esther 9:16, Jeremiah 40:11
הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים 4x hay·yə·hū·ḏîm Esther 8:17, Esther 9:10, Esther 9:24, Esther 9:25
הַיְּהוּדִיִּים 3x hay·yə·hū·ḏī·yīm Esther 8:1, Esther 8:13, Esther 9:15
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 49x 2 Kings 16:6, 2 Kings 25:25, Nehemiah 1:2, Nehemiah 4:1
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 7x Esther 4:3, Esther 4:14, Esther 8:11, Esther 8:16
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 6x Esther 5:13, Esther 6:10, Esther 8:7, Esther 9:29
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 3x Nehemiah 5:17, Nehemiah 6:6, Esther 9:18
Noun - proper - masculine plural 3x Jeremiah 43:9, Jeremiah 52:28, Jeremiah 52:30
Noun - proper - masculine singular 3x Esther 2:5, Esther 3:4, Zechariah 8:23
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 2x Esther 4:7, Esther 8:7
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 1x Nehemiah 2:16
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Ethnic and religious identity marker denoting membership in Judah's tribe, later the Jewish people and faith community
Source Gloss
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Ethnic and religious identity marker denoting membership in Judah's tribe, later the Jewish people and faith community
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah) BDB: Jewish Usage: Jew.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
יְהוּדִי is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain