Dinah is the daughter of Jacob and Leah, the only named daughter among Jacob's children. Her birth is noted briefly in Genesis 30:21, but her story occupies the whole of Genesis 34, where she goes out to visit the women of the land and is violated by Shechem son of Hamor. Her brothers Simeon and Levi exact violent retribution, an act Jacob later recalls on his deathbed (Gen 49:5-7). She is listed among those who went down to Egypt with Jacob (Gen 46:15). The name likely derives from the root d-y-n, 'to judge.'