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The name "Maccabee" is often used as a synonym for the entire [[Hasmonean dynasty]]. But the Maccabees often and more narrowly refers [[Judas Maccabeus]] and his four brothers.[Latin: ''Maccabaeus''; Greek: Μακκαβαῖος ''Makkabaios''; from Hebrew ''maqqeb et'', "hammer" (''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'').] The name Maccabee was a personal epithet of Judah,[See 1 Maccabees 2:4] and the later generations were not his direct descendants. One explanation of the name's origins is that it derives from the [[Aramaic]] ''maqqəḇa'', "the hammer", in recognition of Judah's ferocity in battle.[{{CathEncy|wstitle=The Machabees}}] The traditional Jewish explanation is that Maccabee ({{langx|he|מכבים}} {{transliteration|he|Makkabi}}) is an [[acronym]] for the [[Torah]] verse that was the battle-cry of the Maccabees, ''"[[Song of the Sea|'''M'''i '''k'''amocha]] '''ba''''elim [[YHWH|'''Y'''HWH]]"'', "Who is like You among the heavenly powers, oh God!",[{{cite book|editor-last=Scherman|editor-first=Nosson |title=Tanakh = Tanach : Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim : the Torah, Prophets, Writings : the twenty-four books of the Bible, newly translated and annotated|year=1998|publisher=Mesorah Publications|location=Brooklyn, N.Y.|isbn=1578191092|pages=171–172|edition=1st student size ed., Stone}}][[[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 15:11] as well as an [[acronym]] for ''"[[Mattathias|'''M'''atityahu]] [[Kohen|ha'''K'''ohen]] '''b'''en '''Y'''ochanan''" (Matthias the priest, son of John). The correlating [[Torah]] verse [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 15:11, ''The song of Moses and the Children of Israel by the Sea'',[ makes a reference to ''elim'', with a mundane notion of natural forces, heavenly might, war and governmental powers. The scholar and poet Aaron Kaminka argues that the name is a corruption of [[Machbanai]], a mighty warrior in the army of King [[David]].][{{cite web|url=http://www.oztorah.com/2008/01/what-does-maccabee-mean-ask-the-rabbi/ |title=What does "Maccabee" mean? – Ask the Rabbi |publisher=Oztorah.com |access-date=2013-07-29}}] |
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The name "Maccabee" is often used as a synonym for the entire [[Hasmonean dynasty]]. But the Maccabees often and more narrowly refers to [[Judas Maccabeus]] and his four brothers.[Latin: ''Maccabaeus''; Greek: Μακκαβαῖος ''Makkabaios''; from Hebrew ''maqqeb et'', "hammer" (''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'').] The name Maccabee was a personal epithet of Judah,[See 1 Maccabees 2:4] and the later generations were not his direct descendants. One explanation of the name's origins is that it derives from the [[Aramaic]] ''maqqəḇa'', "the hammer", in recognition of Judah's ferocity in battle.[{{CathEncy|wstitle=The Machabees}}] The traditional Jewish explanation is that Maccabee ({{langx|he|מכבים}} {{transliteration|he|Makkabi}}) is an [[acronym]] for the [[Torah]] verse that was the battle-cry of the Maccabees, ''"[[Song of the Sea|'''M'''i '''k'''amocha]] '''ba''''elim [[YHWH|'''Y'''HWH]]"'', "Who is like You among the heavenly powers, oh God!",[{{cite book|editor-last=Scherman|editor-first=Nosson |title=Tanakh = Tanach : Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim : the Torah, Prophets, Writings : the twenty-four books of the Bible, newly translated and annotated|year=1998|publisher=Mesorah Publications|location=Brooklyn, N.Y.|isbn=1578191092|pages=171–172|edition=1st student size ed., Stone}}][[[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 15:11] as well as an [[acronym]] for ''"[[Mattathias|'''M'''atityahu]] [[Kohen|ha'''K'''ohen]] '''b'''en '''Y'''ochanan''" (Matthias the priest, son of John). The correlating [[Torah]] verse [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 15:11, ''The song of Moses and the Children of Israel by the Sea'',[ makes a reference to ''elim'', with a mundane notion of natural forces, heavenly might, war and governmental powers. The scholar and poet Aaron Kaminka argues that the name is a corruption of [[Machbanai]], a mighty warrior in the army of King [[David]].][{{cite web|url=http://www.oztorah.com/2008/01/what-does-maccabee-mean-ask-the-rabbi/ |title=What does "Maccabee" mean? – Ask the Rabbi |publisher=Oztorah.com |access-date=2013-07-29}}] |
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