IEUDE/IEUDIM

Genesis 29: 35 And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Now I will praise IEUE." Therefore she called his name IEUDE. And she ceased bearing.

The IEUDIM. This name carries various, sometimes derogatory meanings. It is derived from IEUDE (Judah). What is the meaning of this word?

The letters spelling IEUDE, yod-he-waw-daleth-he in Modern Hebrew, in themselves can mean praise (Neh. 11:17), but from the context, the name includes who is being praised: yod-he-waw (initial three letters of IEUE), combined with (aleph)-waw-daleth-he ("I will praise"). With the aleph dropped and the waw shared, the meaning of the name is literally "IEUE I will praise."

Others have translated Yahudah as "Let IEUE be praised" or "The one for whom IEUE is praised" (p. 1224, The Scriptures, the Institute for Scripture Research, South Africa). Thus one meaning of Yahudim is "those who praise IEUE."

Do you see a problem with  "those who praise IEUE" being one definition of the true worshipers of Israel, the IEUDIM?  Perhaps this definition adds new insight to the inscription on the stake and the call for humility in 2 Chronicles 7:14.

Matt. 27 :37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS YESHUA THE SOVEREIGN OF THE IEUDIM.

New King James Version replacing Jesus, King, and Jews with Yeshua, Sovereign, and Ieudim, respectively.

2Ch 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.