Gender Feminine Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English Scripts דִּינָה(Ancient Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. /ˈdaɪ.nə/(English) /ˈdiː.nə/(English) Meaning & History Means "judged" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament, Dinah was a daughter of Jacob and Leah who was abducted by Shechem. It has been used as an English given name since after the Protestant Reformation.