Rom 2:29: a "Judah"/"praise" wordplay? (Gen 29:35; 49:8)

Says Rom 2:29 ends οὗ ὁ ἔπαινος οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλʼ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ("whose praise is not from people but from God"), after naming the true Jew (2:28–29).

Says At Judah's birth Leah says הַפַּעַם אוֹדֶה אֶת־יְהוָה (happa'am odeh et-YHWH, "this time I will praise the Lord"), עַל־כֵּן קָרְאָה שְׁמוֹ יְהוּדָה ('al-ken qar'ah shemo yehudah, "therefore she called his name Judah"; BDB p. 397). אוֹדֶה is the Hiphil of יָדָה, which BDB glosses in the Hiphil "give thanks, laud, praise" (p. 392). Jacob's blessing plays on the name again: יְהוּדָה אַתָּה יוֹדוּךָ אַחֶיךָ (yehudah attah yodukha akhekha, "Judah, your brothers shall praise you," Gen 49:8).

Says Swete's LXX has Νῦν ἔτι τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαι Κυρίῳ (Gen 29:35) and Ἰούδα, σὲ αἰνέσαισαν οἱ ἀδελφοί σου (Gen 49:8). The Greek keeps no play on the name.

Uncertain Whether Paul intends a play on "Judah" and "praise." For it: οὗ refers back to the Jew of 2:29, and in Gen 49:8 Judah is the one praised, as the true Jew is praised by God. Against it: the play works only in Hebrew, Paul gives no marker, and in Gen 29:35 it is God who is praised, not Judah. It is possible but cannot be shown, so nothing should be built on it.