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Help[Facts] Re: tne names of the wives of the 12 sons of Jacob
in reply to a message by ron
I'll try!
According to what I've learned, Asenath means "bush", because the little girl was found abandonned under a bush. According to Jewish tradition she was the daughter of Dinah and adopted by an Egyptian.
http://www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin/archive/60.html
As for Dinah, her name is traditionally made of the same letters as nida ("impure") for she was the reincarnation of Amtalai, the mother of Abraham, who voluntarily conceived him without respecting the laws of family purity (http://judaism.about.com/od/sexinjudaism/a/familypuritylaw.htm) - what happened to Dinah was the punition for it.
Alit: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=15288 or http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=6896
Adinah: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=1880
Uzit: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=1922
Hadorah: I've only found this http://www.hebrewletters.com/results.cfm?keywords=hadora&cfstart=1
Adon: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=5756
Ardiah: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=2469
Mahlia: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=2014
Arbat: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=6826
According to what I've learned, Asenath means "bush", because the little girl was found abandonned under a bush. According to Jewish tradition she was the daughter of Dinah and adopted by an Egyptian.
http://www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin/archive/60.html
As for Dinah, her name is traditionally made of the same letters as nida ("impure") for she was the reincarnation of Amtalai, the mother of Abraham, who voluntarily conceived him without respecting the laws of family purity (http://judaism.about.com/od/sexinjudaism/a/familypuritylaw.htm) - what happened to Dinah was the punition for it.
Alit: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=15288 or http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=6896
Adinah: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=1880
Uzit: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=1922
Hadorah: I've only found this http://www.hebrewletters.com/results.cfm?keywords=hadora&cfstart=1
Adon: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=5756
Ardiah: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=2469
Mahlia: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=2014
Arbat: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=6826
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