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Dinah is first mentioned in Genesis 30:21 as the daughter of Leah and Jacob, born to Leah after she bore six sons to Jacob. In Genesis 34, Dinah went out to visit the women of Shechem, where her people had made camp and where her father Jacob had purchased the land where he had pitched his tent. Shechem (son of Hamor, the prince of the land ...
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;
Mahalalel (Hebrew: מַהֲלַלְאֵל, romanized: Mahălalʾēl, Ancient Greek: Μαλελεήλ, Maleleḗl) is an Antediluvian patriarch named in the Hebrew Bible. He is mentioned in the Sethite genealogy as the grandfather of Enoch and subsequently the ancestor of Noah.
Shechem (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ k ə m / SHEK-əm; Hebrew: שְׁכֶם, romanized: Šəḵem, Biblical pronunciation:; Samaritan Hebrew: ࠔࠬࠥࠊࠝࠌ, romanized: Šăkēm), also spelled Sichem (/ ˈ s ɪ k ə m / SIK-əm; Ancient Greek: Συχέμ, romanized: Sykhém) [1] and other variants, was an ancient city in the southern Levant.
According to the Bible, Jochebed (/ ˈ j ɒ k ɪ b ɛ d /; Biblical Hebrew: יוֹכֶבֶד, romanized: Yōḵeḇeḏ, lit. 'YHWH is glory', the 'J' is pronounced like a 'Y') was a daughter of Levi [1] and mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. She was the wife of Amram, as well as his aunt. [2] No details are given concerning her life.
Some Biblical scholars regard the account of the rape of Dinah as an aetiological myth, created by the Jahwist, to justify the presence of a sanctuary at Shechem; in comparison to the Elohist's justification of the Shechem sanctuary, where the land is simply purchased by Jacob, and dedicated to El Elohe Israel (meaning El is the God of Israel ...
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.
Isachar, from Jacques de Gheyn II's prints (c. 1584–94). Issachar (Hebrew: יִשָּׂשכָר, romanized: Yiśśāḵār, lit. '"There is reward"') [2] [3] [4] was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fifth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's ninth son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar.