Hebrew word · H3056

יַהְדַּי

yahedai

Jahdai

A personal name found only here. It probably contains the short divine name Yah. Older lexicons such as BDB suggest a meaning like 'YHWH leads/guides', but the root is unclear and no sure meaning can be given.

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. · Updated October 21, 2026

What it means

A woman of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.47;

wife of: Caleb (H3612H);

mother of: Regem (H7276), Jotham (H3147I), Geshan (H1529), Pelet (H6404), Ephah (H5891I) and Shaaph (H8174)

§ Jahdai "whom he will place"

one of the family of Caleb

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 2:47

Range of meaning: A personal name found only here. It probably contains the short divine name Yah. Older lexicons such as BDB suggest a meaning like 'YHWH leads/guides', but the root is unclear and no sure meaning can be given.
Against the English: All versions simply transliterate it as 'Jahdai'. The issue is not how to translate it but the fact that he is never linked to anyone.
Used elsewhere in the period: Not attested anywhere outside this verse.

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

1 Chronicles 2:47 יָהְדָּ֑י Jahdai

The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

Here: The ancestor at the head of the list. Jahdai is named only here, and the text never says how he (or she) connects to Caleb. The name is probably built on the divine name Yah, but what it means is uncertain.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.