יהודית

Hebrew

Pronunciation

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Adjective

יְהוּדִית • (y'hudít)

  1. Feminine singular indefinite form of יְהוּדִי (y'hudí).

Proper noun

יְהוּדִית • (y'hudít) f

  1. (biblical, obsolete) Hebrew
    • Tanach, Isaiah 36:11, with translation of the New International Version:
      ...דַּבֶּר-נָא אֶל-עֲבָדֶיךָ אֲרָמִית כִּי שֹׁמְעִים אֲנָחְנוּ וְאַל-תְּדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ יְהוּדִית בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם אֲשֶׁר עַל-הַחֹמָה.
      ...dabber-ná el-'avadécha aramít ki šomə'ím anáḥnu vəal-tədabbḗr 'immánu yəhudít bəoznḗ ha'ám ašer 'al-haḥomá.
      ...Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it; don't speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.
  2. Yiddish, Ladino, and any of the Western European Languages mixed with Hebrew words spoken by the Diaspora
  3. a female given name, Yehudit, equivalent to English Judith

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Ιουδίθ (Ioudíth)
  • English: Yehudit, Yehudis (learned)
  • Finnish: Jehudit (learned)
  • German: Jehudit (learned)
  • Urdu: یہودیت (yahūdīt) (learned)
  • Yiddish: יהודית (yehudes) (learned)

References

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