Dinah
(di' nah) Personal name meaning, “justice” or “artistically formed.” The daughter of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 30:21). According to Genesis 34:1, she was sexually assaulted by a man named Shechem, who wished to marry her. Simeon and Levi, her brothers, took revenge by killing the male residents of the city of Shechem. See Jacob; Leah; Shechem; Patriarchs.
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