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Dinah is a Hebrew female given name meaning judged or vindicated. People with the name. Dinah, a Biblical character; Dinah Abrahamson, American author and politician;
In the Book of Genesis, Dinah (/ ˈ d aɪ n ə /; Hebrew: דִּינָה, Modern: Dīna, Tiberian: Dīnā, 'judged'; 'vindicated') was the seventh child and only daughter of Leah and Jacob. The episode of her violation by Shechem, son of a Canaanite or Hivite prince, and the subsequent vengeance of her brothers Simeon and Levi , commonly ...
Deena is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning 'judged', 'justified', or 'vindicated'. [1] [2] It is a feminine name that is often used as a short form of the name Dinah. The name Deena is often associated with the biblical character Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah. Despite what multiple sources say, there is no record of the name Deena meaning ...
Asenath (/ ˈ æ s ɪ n æ θ /, Hebrew: אָסְנַת, Modern: ʾŎsnát, Tiberian: ʾĀsnaṯ; [3] Koine Greek: Ἀσενέθ, Asenéth) is a minor figure in the Book of Genesis. Asenath was a high-born, aristocratic Egyptian woman. [4] She was the wife of Joseph and the mother of his sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. There are two Rabbinic ...
Dina d'malkhuta dina (alternative spelling: dina de-malkhuta dina; Imperial Aramaic: דִּינָא דְּמַלְכוּתָא דִּינָא, lit. 'the law of the Government is law', or "the law of the land is the law") is a principle in Jewish religious law that the civil law of the country is binding upon the Jewish inhabitants of that country, and, in certain cases, is to be preferred to ...
Vayishlach (וַיִּשְׁלַח —Hebrew for "and he sent," the first word of the parashah) is the eighth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
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Simeon (Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן, Modern: Šīmʾōn, Tiberian: Šīmʾōn) [1] was the second of the six sons of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite tribe, The Tribe of Simeon, according to the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. Biblical scholars regard the tribe as having been part of the original Israelite confederation. The ...