Yes-Judah means "praise" or "to praise".The word is first used in the Old Testament Gen 29:35
Leah conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "This time I will praise the Lord." So she named him Judah... It is pronounced "Yehuda".
The word "Jew" comes from Judah. The 3 tribes remaining after the fiasco of the golden calf were Levi, Benjamin, and Judah collectively called the "Jews": those left to "praise God" on earth.
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