Dinah

[ dahy-nuh ]

noun

1. Also Douay Bible, Di·na []. (in the Bible) the daughter of Jacob and Leah.
2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “vindicated.”

Dinah

/ ˈdaɪnə /

noun

1. the daughter of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 30:21; 34)

Example Sentences

He started out in the jumping jazz clubs of the 1950s; mastered soul, swing and pop on recordings by Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra and Lesley Gore; and reached the top 10 in his own right.

From BBC

Jones’ visibility escalated and, barely into his mid-20s, he was soon arranging and recording for Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and, of course, Charles.

From Los Angeles Times

“In the midst of the joy, there are fears – we fear that for example where political parties are required to play a role, they may not necessarily do what they have to do,” Dinah Adiko, a technical consultant who previously worked with Ghana’s gender ministry, told the BBC.

From BBC

A UK-wide investigation later tied him to the killings of 15-year-old Vicky Hamilton and 16-year-old Dinah McNicol, who both disappeared in 1991.

From BBC

Tobin was serving three life sentences for the murders of Vicky Hamilton, Dinah McNicol and Angelika Kluk when he sustained a broken leg during a fall in his cell at HMP Edinburgh on 8 September 2022.

From BBC