Dict: easton - Judah

easton:

Judah @ praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah's words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: "Now will I praise [Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah" kjv@Genesis:29:35). It was Judah that interposed in behalf of Joseph, so that his life was spared kjv@Genesis:37:26-27). He took a lead in the affairs of the family, and "prevailed above his brethren" kjv@Genesis:43:3-10 kjv@Genesis:44:14-16-34 kjv@Genesis:46:28 ; kjv@1Chronicles:5:2). Soon after the sale of Joseph to the Ishmaelites, Judah went to reside at Adullam, where he married a woman of Canaan. (
See ONAN; TAMAR.) After the death of his wife Shuah, he returned to his father's house, and there exercised much influence over the patriarch, taking a principal part in the events which led to the whole family at length going down into Egypt. We hear nothing more of him till he received his father's blessing kjv@Genesis:49:8-12).

Judah upon Jordan @ The Authorized Version, following the Vulgate, has this rendering in kjv@Joshua:19:34. It has been suggested that, following the Masoretic punctuation, the expression should read thus, "and Judah; the Jordan was toward the sun-rising." The sixty cities (Havoth-jair, kjv@Numbers:32:41) on the east of Jordan were reckoned as belonging to Judah, because Jair, their founder, was a Manassite only on his mother's side, but on his father's side of the tribe of Judah ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:5 kjv@1Chronicles:2:21-23).