Yadin Explained

Yadin is a Hebrew name, used as both a first and last name, which comes from the root word "din" (law or judgment). Yadin is the future tense of the verb conjugated in the third person, meaning “(he) will enact justice,” “(he) will make law” or “(he) will judge.”

Antiquity

The word Yadin appears in the Hebrew Bible (49:16 KJV, 32:36 KJV, 2:10 KJV and elsewhere) usually referring to the Almighty who will judge nations "Yadin Amim Bemeisharim" and similarly in other contexts.

Other Biblical References

49:16 KJV

32:36 KJV; 2:10 KJV; 7:9 KJV, KJV, KJV, KJV, KJV, KJV; 36:31 KJV

People

Yadin, as a surname, may refer to:

• Avihai Yadin (born 1986), an Israeli football (soccer) player
• Azzan Yadin, an Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University
• Yigael Yadin (1917–1984), an Israeli archeologist, politician, and soldier

Yadin, as a forename, may refer to:

• Yadin Dudai (born 1944), an Israeli neuroscientist

See also

• Beth Din
• Yadin Yadin

External links

• http://www.hum.huji.ac.il The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• http://www.vbm-torah.org/parsha/12vayech.htm The Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash
• http://www.sephardim.com/index.html#names2 SEPHARDIM.COM
• http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/09-01.html Soc.Culture.Jewish Newsgroups
• http://www.babychatter.com/yboy.html Baby Chatter – Bay Boy Names and Meanings