H3062 H3062
Judean, Jew — Aramaic gentilic noun for members of the province of Judah in the Persian period
The Aramaic noun יְהוּדָאי (yehuda'i) designates a Judean or Jew, used exclusively in the Aramaic portions of Ezra. It appears in correspondence between Persian officials and the returning exiles, identifying the community rebuilding Jerusalem and the temple. The adversaries report that 'the Jews who came up from you' are rebuilding the city (Ezra 4:12, 23), while the Persian decrees acknowledge 'the Jews' and their elders as legitimate agents of reconstruction (Ezra 5:1, 5; 6:7-8, 14). The term carries both ethnic and administrative force, marking the community as an identifiable group within the Persian provincial system. Spanish 'judíos' and French 'Juifs' render it straightforwardly.
Senses
1. Jews, Judeans (Aramaic) — An Aramaic gentilic noun meaning 'Judean' or 'Jew,' referring to members of the Jewish community in the Persian-period province of Yehud. Used exclusively in the Aramaic correspondence of Ezra (4:12, 23; 5:1, 5; 6:7-8, 14), it functions as both an ethnic and an administrative identifier in official Persian documents. The adversaries use it when reporting the rebuilding to Artaxerxes, and the Persian decrees use it when authorizing temple reconstruction. Corresponds to Hebrew יְהוּדִי. Spanish 'judíos' and German 'Juden' translate the communal designation directly. 10×
AR["اليَهود", "الْيَهُودَ", "الْيَهُودِ", "يَهُودٌ"]·ben["যিহূদী", "যিহূদীদের", "যিহূদীয়দের", "যিহূদীরা"]·DE["Juden", "[יהודאין]", "[יהודיא]"]·EN["Yehudaei", "the-Yehudaei", "the-Yehudaye"]·FR["Juda", "Juifs"]·heb["יהודיא", "יהודים"]·HI["यहूदियों", "यहूदियों-का", "यहूदियों-के", "यहूदी"]·ID["Yahudi", "orang-orang-Yahudi"]·IT["Giudei", "[יהודאין]", "[יהודיא]"]·jav["Yahudi", "ing-Yehuda", "kang", "lan-boten", "lan-kekiyatan", "para-Yahudi", "tiyang-Yahudi"]·KO["그-유다인들", "유다사람들의", "유다사람들이"]·PT["judeus", "os-judeus"]·RU["-Иехудеев", "Иехудейские", "иудеев", "иудеи", "иудеям"]·ES["judíos", "los-judíos"]·SW["Wayahudi", "wa-Wayahudi"]·TR["Yahudi", "Yahudiler", "Yahudiler'in", "Yahudilere", "Yahudilerin"]·urd["یہودی", "یہودیوں", "یہودیوں-نے", "یہودیوں-کا", "یہودیوں-کی", "یہودیوں-کے"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [יְהוּדַי] n.gent. Jew (BH יְהוּדִי);—pl. abs. יְהוּדָאִין (K§ 61, 6)) Dn 3:12; emph. יְהוּדָיֵא (Ib.ib.) v 8 Ezr 4:12, 23; 5:1, 5; 6:7(×2), 8, 14. יְהָךְ Ezr 5:5 v. [חֲלַךְ].