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in reply to a message by August Rose
According to the Bible, Dinah was the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Genesis 34 narrates the episode of her abduction and violation by a Canaanite prince, and the vengeance of her brothers Simeon and Levi, commonly referred to as "The Rape of Dinah."
But turning aside that fact, this name is definitely one of my top favorites now. I just read “The Red Tent” also dubbed “The Book of Dinah” by Anita Diamant, which is Dinah's take on that particular bible story. After finishing the book I realized how much I really enjoyed the name. I’m going to just quote how it was described in the book, because it was done so well:
“Near the beginning of your holy book, there is a passage that seems to say that I was raped and continues with the bloody tale of how my honor was avenged. It’s wonder that any mother ever called a daughter Dinah again. But some did. Maybe you guessed that there was more to me than the voiceless cipher in the text. Maybe you heard it in the music of my name: the first vowel high and clear, as when a mother calls to her child at dusk; the second sound soft, for whispering secrets on pillows. Dee-nah.”
I pronounce it, as in the book, DEE-nah not DY-nah.
It’s a beautiful name.
OT: I think it’s kind of ironic how Dinah is being mentioned here at BTN the same day as Leah and Rachel in posts below, who were wives of Jacob and Dinah’s mothers!
But turning aside that fact, this name is definitely one of my top favorites now. I just read “The Red Tent” also dubbed “The Book of Dinah” by Anita Diamant, which is Dinah's take on that particular bible story. After finishing the book I realized how much I really enjoyed the name. I’m going to just quote how it was described in the book, because it was done so well:
“Near the beginning of your holy book, there is a passage that seems to say that I was raped and continues with the bloody tale of how my honor was avenged. It’s wonder that any mother ever called a daughter Dinah again. But some did. Maybe you guessed that there was more to me than the voiceless cipher in the text. Maybe you heard it in the music of my name: the first vowel high and clear, as when a mother calls to her child at dusk; the second sound soft, for whispering secrets on pillows. Dee-nah.”
I pronounce it, as in the book, DEE-nah not DY-nah.
It’s a beautiful name.
OT: I think it’s kind of ironic how Dinah is being mentioned here at BTN the same day as Leah and Rachel in posts below, who were wives of Jacob and Dinah’s mothers!
This message was edited 7/12/2008, 2:56 PM
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