Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch,

Judah (son of Jacob) Judah () was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah and the founder of the Tribe of Judah of the Israelites. By extension, he is indirectly the eponym of the Kingdom of Judah, the land of Judea, and the wo ...

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Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...

, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Judaea *

Judea Judea or Judaea ( or ; from he, יהודה, Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew, Standard ''Yəhūda'', Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''Yehūḏā''; el, Ἰουδαία, ; la, Iūdaea) is an ancient, historic, Biblical Hebrew, contemporaneous L ...

, the name of part of the Land of Israel **

Kingdom of Judah The Kingdom of Judah ( he, , ''Yəhūdā''; akk, 𒅀𒌑𒁕𒀀𒀀 ''Ya'údâ'' 'ia-ú-da-a-a'' arc, 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤃𐤅𐤃 ''Bēyt Dāwīḏ'', " House of David") was an Israelite kingdom of the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. Ce ...

, an Iron Age kingdom of the Southern Levant ***

History of ancient Israel and Judah The history of ancient Israel and Judah begins in the Southern Levant during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. "Israel" as a people or tribal confederation (see Israelites) appears for the first time in the Merneptah Stele, an inscri ...

Yehud (Persian province) Yehud, also known as Yehud Medinata or Yehud Medinta (), was an administrative province of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the region of Judea that functioned as a self-governing region under its local Jewish population. The province was a part ...

, a name introduced in the Babylonian period **

Judaea (Roman province) Judaea ( la, Iudaea ; grc, Ἰουδαία, translit=Ioudaíā ) was a Roman province which incorporated the regions of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea from 6 CE, extending over parts of the former regions of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of ...

People

Judah (given name) Judah and Judas are masculine given names derived from the Hebrew name, Yehuda(h), of the biblical figure Judah (son of Jacob). Notable people with one or the other variant of the name include: Biblical and ancient historical figures In chronologi ...

, or Yehudah, including a list of people with the name *

Judah (surname) Judah is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ben Judah (born 1988), British journalist and author * Gerry Judah (born 1951), British artist and designer * Henry M. Judah (1821–1866), American soldier * Marietta Judah ...

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Judah, Indiana Judah is an unincorporated community in Marshall Township, Lawrence County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and ...

, a small town in the United States *

N Judah The N Judah is a hybrid light rail/streetcar line of the Muni Metro system in San Francisco, California. The line is named after Judah Street that it runs along for much of its length, named after railroad engineer Theodore Judah. It links downt ...

, a light trail line in San Francisco, U.S. *

Yehuda Matzos Yehuda Matzos Moshe Ludmir & Sons Ltd. ( he, מצות יהודה משה לודמיר ובניו בע"מ), or simply Yehuda Matzos (Hebrew מצות יהודה ''Matzot Yehuda'') is a large Israeli matzo company based in Jerusalem which is a large ...

, an Israeli matzo company

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