יְהוּדִי

יְהוּדִיm. (b. h.) Judaean, Jew (mostly in a religious sense), worshipper of one God. Meg.12b קרי ליה י׳ אלמא מיהודהוכ׳ he is called Yhudi (Esth. 2:5), which would indicate that he belongs to the tribe of Judah, and yet he is called ish ymini ?, v. נִימוֹס. Ib. 13a ואמאי … י׳ … שכל הכופר בע״ז נקרא י׳ but why is he designated as Yhudi? Because he disowned idolatry; for whosoever disowns idolatry, is called a Jew (ref. to Dan. 3:12); Esth. R. to II, 5 לפי שייהד … נקרא י׳ לומר י׳ יחירי because he professed the unity of God, he was called Yhudi, meaning to say, a Yhudi, a believer in One God. Ex. R. s. 42 אתה סבור … או י׳ או צלוב thou thinkest that calling Israel ‘persistent is meant for blame; it is meant for their praise, either a Jew or hanged. Meg. l. c. מאכל י׳ Jewish food (in accordance with the Jewish dietary laws); a. e.Pes.113b י׳, read with Mss. a. early ed. מי; Yeb.63a כל י׳, read אדם.Pl. יְהוּדִים. Esth. R. to III, 9. Ib. to VIII, 8 שונאי הי׳ the enemies of the Jews. Ib. 15 מלך … על הי׳ Mardecai was made king of the Jews; a. fr.Fem. יְהוּדִיָּה, יְהוּדִית. Meg. l. c. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7); Yalk. Esth. 1052 (ref. to 1 Chr. 4:18) אמאי קרי לה י׳ why is she (Bithya, the daughter of Pharaoh) called Yhudiyah (a Jewess)?Esth. R. to III, 1 אם אסתר י׳ היאוכ׳ Esther is a Jewess , opp. גויה.Keth.VII, 6 (72a, sq.) דת י׳, v. דַּת.