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Dinah

/ˈdaɪnə/

Dinah proper noun: a daughter of Jacob and Leah. (biblical character).

Proper noun

Dinah

  1. A daughter of Jacob and Leah. (biblical character)
    • And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.Genesis 34: 1-2
  2. A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Alternative form of Dina.
    • Every child in the Square at once hurried and thrust and scrambled and pushed a way through the crowd, and in less than a minute Dinah and Dorinda were entirely surrounded by fifty or sixty boys and girls, all shouting […]1944, Eric Linklater, The Wind on the Moon

Origin of Dinah

From Hebrew דִּינָה (dīna, "judged, vindicated"); see דין.

Words that rhyme with Dinah

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Questions about Dinah

What does Dinah mean?
Dinah means a daughter of Jacob and Leah. (biblical character).
What part of speech is Dinah?
Dinah is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dinah?
Dinah is pronounced /ˈdaɪnə/.

Words near Dinah in the dictionary

  1. dinaciclib
  2. Dinagan
  3. Dinagat
  4. Dinagat Islands
  5. Dinagyang
  6. Dinah
  7. Dinajpur
  8. Dinajpur District
  9. dinali
  10. Dinalupihan
  11. Dinan

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