Jehudah (Arje-Loeb) ben-Zebi (IIirsh), a Jew- ish writer of some note, was born at Krotoschin (Polish Prussia) about 1680. He afterwards became rabbi at Carpentras and Avignon. His works are: (1) A He- brew Lexicon, entitled ITliin^ "^^0? (^''^ ^''"'■' ".Z"'^"" dah) (.Jesnitz, 1719, 4to), consisting of two parts; the first part, DPi:' Zi'd (the everlasting name), confines it- self mainly to proper names; the second part, C'iJI T^ {place and name), supplies the words omitted in the first part. This work partakes of the nature of a con- cordance as well as of a lexicon, inasmuch as it gives the places in Scripture in which every word is to be found: — (2) A Hebrew Grammar, called tTliin^ pbn {The Portion of Jiidah) ; of this work, the introduction only, limprt -Vrb mo-' {The Foundation of the Sa- cred Lauf/uage), was ever published (Wilmersdorf, 1721, 4to) ; it contains fifteen canons and paradigms, with a German translation: — and (3) a Concordance, entitled iTliin^ "tJi {The Stem of JudaJi), which only goes as far as the' root ri3:J (Offenbach, 1732, 4to).— Kitto, Biblic. Cyclop, s. V. ; Steinschneider, Libri flebrai in Biblioth. Bodleiana, col. 1378 ; Bibliogr. ITandb. f. Ilebr. Sprach- kunde (Leipzig, 1859), p. 70 ; Flirst, Biblioth. Jud. i, 145 sq. (J.H.W.)
Jehudah, ha-Kodesh, etc. See Judah, etc.
Jehu'di (Hebrew Yehudi', "^l^i^?) « ■^'?«'> as often; Sept. 'lovStiv V. r. 'lovoii/, 'lovSi, 'JovSei) son of Ncth- aniah, sent by the princes to invite Baruch to read Jer- emiah's roll to them, and who afterwards read it to the king himself (Jer. xxxvi, 14, 21). B.C. 605.
Jehudi'jah (Heb. Yehudigah', tni^'isin^ [with the art., the\ Jewess, as in the Engl, margin ; Sept. 'iSia v. 'Ao/ff, Yulg. Judaja), a female named as the second wife apparently of Mered, and mother of several founders of cities in Judah (1 Chron. iv, 18) ; probably the same with HoniAU in the ensuing verse, mentioned as the sister of Naham, etc. The latter name is possibly by a corruption of ha-Yehudigah. See Mkhkd. B.C. cir. 1612.
Je'hush (Chron. viii, 39). See Jeush.
Je'i'el (Heb. Ye'ieV, h'S.'^"^, S7iatched away by God), the name of several men. See also Jehiel; Jeuel.
1. (Text b^yj"^ [i. e. Jeiiel], Sept. 'Itii'iX v. r. 'IsijX, Vulg. Jehiel, Auth. Version '■ Jehiel.") A descendant of Benjamin, apparently named as the founder of and resi- dent at Gibeon, the husband of M;iachah, and the father
of a large family (1 Chron. ix, 35 ; comp. viii, 29). B.C. prob. cir. I(il8.
2. (Text ^Xl";! [i. e.Jeuer], Sept. 'ItiV/X or 'Ih/'/X, Vulg. Jediel, Auth. Vers. "Jehiel.") An Aroerite, son of Hothan, and brother of Shama, one of David's supple- mentary heroes (I Chron. xi, 44). B.C. 1046.
3. (.Sejit. 'I fV //A, Vulg. Jehiel, but Jahiel in the first occurrence in 1 Chron. xvi, 5.) One of the Levitcs ap- pointed by David to celebrate the divine praises before the ark on its removal to Jerusalem (1 Chron. xvi, 5); apparently the same mentioned again in the latter part of the same verse as a performer on "psalteries and harps ;" named elsewhere in like connection with Obed- edom, either as a gate-warden of the Temple (1 Chron. XV, 18, 21), or as one of the sacred musicians "with harps on the Sheminith to excel" (1 Chron. xv, 21). B.C. 1043, Sec Jehiel, 1,
4. (Sept. 'E\£7/\ V. r. 'EXiiiiX, 'E\iu)\, also 'Ui!]\, Vulg. Jehiel.) A Levite, son of Mattaniah and father of Benaiah, great-grandfather of Jahaziel, who predicted success to Jehoshajjliat against the Ammonites and INIo- abites (2 Chron. xx, 14). B.C. considerably ante 890.
5. (Text ^S1^"" [i. e. Jeuel], Sept. 'ItV/'/X, Vulg. Je- hiel.) A scribe charged, in connection with others, with keeping the account of Uzziah's troops (2 Chron. xxvi, 11). B.C. 803.
6. (Sept, 'l(/j(yX,Vulg. Jehiel.) A chief Reubenite at the time of the taking of some census, apparently on the deportation of the trans-Jordanic tribes by Tllgath-pil- neser (1 Chron. v, 7). B.C. 782.
7. (Text Vsi":' [i. e. Jeuel], Sept. 'ltV/A,Vulg. Ja- hiel.) A Levite of the "sons" of Elizaphan, one of those who assisted in expurgating the Temjile in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chron. xxix,l3). B.C. 726.
8. (Sept. 'If(7y\, Vulg. Jehiel.) One of the chief Le- vites who made an offering for the restoration of the Passover by Josiah (2 Chron. xxxv, 9). B.C. 623.
9. (Text bxiS"' [i. e. Jeuel], Sept. 'If//\ v. r. 'EV/'/X, Vulg. Jehiel.) One of the " last sons" of Adonikam, a leading Israelite, who, with seventy males, returned froin Babylon with Ezra (Ezra viii, 13). B.C. 459.
10. (Sept. 'lsii{]\ V. r. 'Ia(;X,Vulg. Jehiel.) An Is- raelite, one of the "sons" of Nebo, who divorced his Gentile wife after the Exile (Ezra x, 43). B.C. 459.
Jeins. See Jains.
Jeish. Sec Ji:l-.sii.
Jejunia quatuor temporum is the original name for the fasts of the four seasons of the year, which are now commonly called Ember Weeks (q. v.). See Bingham, Antiq.o/the Christian Church, p. 155, 1190.
Jejunium. See Fasting.
Jekab'zeel (Heb. YekahtseeV, bx:jnp';', gathered by God; Sept. Ka/3(T£)/X,Vulg. Cabseel), tlie name of a piace in the tribe of Judah (Neh. xi, 25) ; elsewhere (Josh. XV, 21) called by the equivalent but shorter name Kabzeel (q. v.).
Jekanie'am (Heb. Yekamam', Sl"2p% gatherer of the people ; Sept. 'leicc^iac, 'ItKipia), the fourth in rank of the " sons" of Hebron in the Levitical arrange- ment established by David (1 Cliron. xxiii, 19 ; xxiv, 23). B.C. 1014.