Difference between revisions of "Dinaite"

<p> (Chald. Dinaye '''''´''''' '''''דִּינָיֵא''''' , of unknown, but probably [[Median]] origin, used as a plur.; Sept. '''''Δειναῖοι''''' ; Vulg. Dinaei), one of the foreign tribes colonized by the [[Assyrian]] general [[Asnapper]] in place of the deported Samaritans, and who afterwards joined in the opposition to the efforts of the returned [[Jews]] in rebuilding their city (&nbsp;Ezra 4:9). Junius ( ''Comm'' . in loc.), without any authority, identifies them with the people "known to geographers by the name ''Dennani'' ;" but there is only a Denna mentioned by ancient writers, and that an obscure town in Africa (Pliny, ''Hist. Nat'' . 6:35). Schulthess (Paradies, page 363) vaguely conjectures Daritis, the most southerly province of Media Major ( '''''Δαρεῖτις''''' '''''Χώρα''''' , Ptolemy, 6:2, 6; Pliny, 6:25; comp. Mannert, V, 2:159), or Dera in Susiana ( '''''Δῆρα''''' , Ptolemy, 6:3, 5). (See [[Dura]]). Ewald (Gesch. d. Volkes Israel, 3:375) suggests the Median city Deinaber. </p>