The
Lion of Judah is the symbol of the Hebrew
tribe of Judah (the Jewish tribe). According to the
Torah, the tribe consists of the descendants of
Judah, the fourth son of
Jacob. The association between Judah and the lion, most likely the
Asiatic lion, can first be found in the blessing given by Jacob to Judah in the
Book of Genesis.The Lion of Judah is also mentioned in the
Book of Revelation, as a term representing Jesus, according to
Christian theology. The biblical
Judah (in Hebrew: Yehuda) is the original name of the
Tribe of Judah, which is traditionally symbolized by a lion. In
Genesis, the patriarch
Jacob ("Israel") gave that symbol to his tribe when he refers to his son Judah as a
Gur Aryeh גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה, "Young Lion" (Genesis 49:9) when blessing him.[3] In
Jewish naming tradition the Hebrew name and the substitute name are often combined as a pair, as in this case. The Lion of Judah was used as a Jewish symbol for many years, and as
Jerusalem was the capital of the
Kingdom of Judah, in 1950 it was included in the
Emblem of Jerusalem.
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