Judah = "praised"

1. the son of Jacob by Leah

2. the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob

3. the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah

4. the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon

5. a Levite in Ezra's time

6. an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

7. a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah

8. a priest in the time of Nehemiah

Levi = "joined to"

1. the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah and progenitor of tribe of Levites

Reuben = "behold a son"

1. the eldest son of Jacob by Leah

2. the tribe descended from Reuben

3. the territory inhabited by the tribe of Reuben

Simeon or Shimeon = "heard"

1. the 2nd son of Jacob by his wife Leah and progenitor of the tribe of Simeon

2. an Israelite of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra