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title: יְהוּדִי — Jew · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְהוּדִי (3064), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 75 times: Jew. BDB 1906: adj.gent. Jewish Jew adj.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְהוּדִי

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«יְהוּדִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jew** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 75 times · **Key:** 3064 · **BDB:** יְהוּדִי

### Glosses

Jews (47); Judeans (11); the.Jews (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jew [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3064/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. Jewish Jew adj.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3064/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. Jewish, as subst. a Jew;—adj.m. אִישׁ יְהוּדִי Zc 8:23; pl. אֲנָשִׁים יְהוּדִים Jewish men Je 43:9 Est 2:5; as subst. Je 34:9 Est 3:4; הַיְהוּדִי the Jew Est 5:13; 6:10; 8:7; 9:29, 31; 10:3; f. הַיְּהֻדִיָּה the Jewess 1 Ch 4:18; pl. Jews יְהוּדִים Je 52:28, 30; הַיְּהוּדִים the Jews 2 K 16:6; 25:25 Je 32:12; 38:19; 40:11, 12; 41:3; 44:1 Ne 1:2; 2:16; 3:33, 34; 4:6; 5:1, 8, 17; 6:6; 13:23 Est 3:6, 10, 13; 4:3, 13, 14, 16; 6:13; 8:3, 5, 8, 9(×2), 11, 16, 17(×2); 9:1(×2), 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24(×2), 25, 27, 28, 30; 10:3; הַיְּהוּדִיי֯ם Est 4:7; 8:1, 7, 13; 9:15, 18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 67 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְהוּדִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3064/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.16/)

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לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים הָֽיְתָ֥ה אוֹרָ֖ה וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן וִיקָֽר׃

*Word for word:* to the Jews it.belonged light and gladness and joy and honor

*JPS 1917:* The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.

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[Esther 9:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.6/)

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וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן הַבִּירָ֗ה הָרְג֤וּ הַיְּהוּדִים֙ וְאַבֵּ֔ד חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* and in Susa the citadel they.killed the Jews and they.destroyed five hundred(s) man

*JPS 1917:* And in Shushan the castle the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

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