Yehuda in the The twelve tribes collection
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Yehuda
גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה
A lion’s whelp
The tribe of kingship and leadership. Jacob likened Yehuda to a lion and promised that the sceptre would not depart from him, and from this tribe came King David. It is from Yehuda’s name that the whole people came to be called Jews.
- Meaning of the name
- From the word for thanks: Leah said, ‘This time will I praise the LORD.’
- Mother
- Leah
- Stone on the Choshen (Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7)
- Nofekh, turquoise / carbuncle (garnet)
- Flag colour
- sky blue, like the heavens
- Emblem on the flag
- lion
- Place in the camp
- East — at the head of the banner (degel) of the camp of Yehuda, with Yissachar and Zevulun; first to set out.
Verses
גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה מִטֶּרֶף בְּנִי עָלִיתָ כָּרַע רָבַץ כְּאַרְיֵה וּכְלָבִיא מִי יְקִימֶנּוּ
Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
Genesis 49:9
וְזֹאת לִיהוּדָה וַיֹּאמַר שְׁמַע ה׳ קוֹל יְהוּדָה וְאֶל־עַמּוֹ תְּבִיאֶנּוּ יָדָיו רָב לוֹ וְעֵזֶר מִצָּרָיו תִּהְיֶה
And this for Judah, and he said: Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, And bring him in unto his people; His hands shall contend for him, And Thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.
Deuteronomy 33:7
וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר הַפַּעַם אוֹדֶה אֶת־ה׳ עַל־כֵּן קָרְאָה שְׁמוֹ יְהוּדָה וַתַּעֲמֹד מִלֶּדֶת
And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said: ‘This time will I praise the LORD.’ Therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.
Genesis 29:35