Peruda

Peruda is named only as the head of a family among "Solomon's slaves" whose descendants returned from the Babylonian captivity. The Ezra return-roll preserves the spelling Peruda: "The sons of Solomon's slaves: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda" (Ezr 2:55).

The parallel list in Nehemiah preserves the same name with a slight spelling variant — Perida for Peruda: "The sons of Solomon's slaves: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida" (Ne 7:57). The two notices stand together as the only memory the text keeps of the man.

See Perida for the parallel form of the name.