JUDITH. 1. A wife of Esau, daughter of Beeri the Hittite ( Genesis 26:34; cf. Genesis 36:2 ). 2. Daughter of Merari, of the tribe of Simeon ( Genesis 8:1 [cf. Numbers 1:6 ] hen 9:2); widow of Manassea of the same tribe. For the book of which she is the heroine see art. Apocrypha, § 9 .