Jehuda (first name)
Jehuda ( יְהוּדָה ) is a Hebrew male given name.
Origin and meaning
It is mentioned for the first time in the Hebrew Bible in the book of Bereshit ( Genesis ) and is related to the landscape name Jehuda.
In later times the Greek form Judah or Judas also became common ( Septuagint , New Testament ).
variants
Name bearer
- Judah (Bible) , Hebrew tribal father
- Judah (Levite) , Jewish return from Babylon
- Jehuda ben Baba (around 65– around 135), Tannait of the 2nd generation
- Jehuda ben Ilai (around 100– around 150), Jewish author in the Mishnah
- Jehuda ben Tema , Mishali teacher
- Jehuda ha-Nasi (around 165–217), editor of the Mishnah
- Judah II († around 250), Jewish patriarch
- Judah III. († around 330), Jewish patriarch
- Judah IV († around 400), Jewish patriarch
- Yehuda Chajjudsch (around 1000), Hebrew grammarian and doctor
- Jehuda ha-Levi († 1141), Jewish philosopher and poet
- Jehuda ibn Tibbon (1120–1190), Jewish translator
- Juda al-Charisi (around 1165/1170 – around 1225/1235), Jewish poet and translator
- Jehuda ben Ascher (1270–1349), author in the Talmud
- Jehuda Cresques (1350–1427), Jewish cartographer
- Judah Löw ( Jehuda ben Bezal'el Löw ; around 1512 / 1525–1609), rabbi in Prague
- Juda Goldschmied de Herz († 1625), Jewish architect
- Jehuda Leib Gordon (1830-1892), Jewish poet
- Jehuda Pen (1854–1937), Jewish painter
- Jehuda Wallach (1921–2008), Israeli military historian
- Jehuda Mualam (1921-2010), Israeli teacher
- Jehuda Amichai (1924-2000), Israeli poet
- Jehuda Amital (1924–2010), Israeli rabbi and politician
- Jehuda Bacon (* 1929), Israeli graphic artist
- Jehuda Reinharz (* 1944), American historian
- Jehuda Ben Mose (around 1200 – around 1260/1280), Jewish philosopher and translator
- Jehuda ben Isaak Abravanel (1460-after 1521), Jewish philosopher
- Jehuda Almog (1896–1972), Jewish entrepreneur
- Jehuda Glick (* 1965), Israeli rabbi