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Meaning and etymology of the Hebrew name Dinah
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Dinah 
The name Dinah occurs only once in the Bible, as the only daughter of Israel's arch-father Jacob (Genesis 30:21). Her mother is Leah, and Dinah is Leah's seventh child and Jacob's eleventh child, only to be followed by the two sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin.
On account of Dinah's rape by Shechem the Hivite (who actually wished to marry her, even afterwards - Genesis 34) Dinah's brothers Simeon (Jacob's son nr 2 who rose to nr 1 after Reuben sleeps with Bilhah - Genesis 35:22 & 49:4) and Levi (Jacob's son nr 3, and later nr 2) first manage to make the men of Shechem's town circumcise themselves and then kill them all by sword and loot the place (that means steal all the live stock, women and children). When Jacob hears of this he mentions nothing about any ethical rules that were transgressed but rather his fear for political or military retaliation (Genesis 34:30).
On his deathbed Jacob curses the brothers and disperses them into Israel (Genesis 49). The tribe of Levi became the landless priestly clan, and Simeon was assimilated by Judah. Judah was son number 4, but moved up the list because of the actions of his three brothers Reuben, Simeon and Levi.
The name Dinah is the feminine form of Dan, meaning Judge. Please see that name for meaning and etymology.
For the meaning of the name Dinah, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Judgment; Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names gives Judged, i.e. Vindicated.
Other names derived of the verb din are
Abidan,
Dan,
Daniel,
Jadon,
Madon,
Medan and
Midian.
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