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find the old name Israel again used Ia desig-
nate the people OF the kingdom of Judah and
the name Israel, collectively, and 'lsraelite,"
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Inc 'nifo aPPeiiauon' 'ehuoi or Jew.
originates In the name given by Jacobs wife
Leah to her fourth son, Judah or .Jehudah,"
meaning praise or thanks to God. For at his
birth the n,otber exclaimed. .Th;s tima 7 will
give thanks INTO the Iordr, The name Was
Worthily horne nv that noble and sturiv son of
Jacob. whose record throuchout is without
stain or blemish The tribe of Jndab named
after him. was the most numerous. enternris-
inc and valiant amono all the trihes Of TsraeI
Dnrin0 the march tbronob tbe dese,t 1ndab's
place Was in the van of the host. The tradi.
iional standard of The tribe was n lions wbeJn
with the words: ..Arise o Lord and let Thine
enemies be scattered" Later the name lie
hudi'' or ..Jew'' was applied TO a member of
the kingdom Of Judah latter the senaration of
the kingdom of Israeli even to those not of the
tribe of Judah-proof of which we find in the
fact that in the book of Esther Mordecai-
though Of the tribe of BENJAMIN. is called .Ish
Jehudi." n "Jehudi' or Jew" After the re-
turn from the Babyloniau captivity all the
members of the new state were called Jehudim.
jews or Judeans, the name being extended to
the remnants of the people scattered through
out the nations.
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90 mucn as 70 INC e'ymoiosy anu historical
significance Of the names Hebrew" Israel
ite- and Jew" From il il appears that among
the three the first. "Hebrev" ~ the most
ancient and remote And ma in ancien, DAYS
by it the Jew was distinguished from foreigners,
so today 1t would appear that In order to point
9ut any osthcu1ey oewlsn tre "oru
sne.L ~ = Hsbrsw fGanruaSs Hahrew l;tarstnrs
Hebrew melodies. &c, Otherwise the appella,
tons Israelite and Jew. or Israelitish and
Jewish. are more frequently EMPLOYED as more
expressive and Characteristic in their meaning
and important in history. OF the two the
former is a name Of honorable distinction, re-
ferring to the divine calling of Israel, the
spiritual combat of truth against falsehood. of
light against darkness, in which our people
were enlisted as nation, in which they we're
still engaged when, with the fall of Jerusalem
and the destruction of the temple. they ceased
to be a nation. and which will not terminate
until. in the fullness of time. Gods light and
truth will finally triumph.
And nth t6a ,,an,a UJ,ro,l;+ao xhox -