Tribe of Judah
…via Yehudi (Hebrew: יהודי), gave rise to the word "Jew" (pl. יהודים, Yehudim). In later traditions, including Christianity and Ethiopian Judaism, the "Lion of the Tribe of Judah" became a messianic symbol. The tribe of Judah, its conquests, and the centrality of its capital in Jerusalem for the worship of Yahweh featured…