the deported Samaritans, and who afterwards joined in the opposition to the efforts of the returned Jews in rebuilding their city (Ezra iv, 9). Junius (Comm. in loc.), without any auUiority, identifies them with the people ** known to geographers by the name Denna- n»;" but there b only a Demia mentioned by ancient yrriters, and that an obscure town in Africa (Pliny, aitt. Nat. vi, 86). Schulthess {Paradiet, p. 863) vaguely conjectures Darkis, the most southerly prov- ince of Media Major {^apiiriQ x<^« Ptolemy, vi, 2, 6 ; Pliny, vi, 26 ; comp. Mannert, V, ii, 169), or JDera in Susiana (A^pa, Ptolemy, vi, 8, 6). See Dura. Ewald iGesch. d. Volke$ Israelj iii, 876) suggesto the Median city Deinaber. Dinant, or Dinanto, David of. See David of
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**«tf" or "d«Toar ;*' iLQiaT&M^ Lnke zi, 87 ; John xxi, 12, 16) ; Ddtker (MrpK, aruchak\ Prov. xt, 17 ; else- where "allowance," 2 Kings xxv, 80; "victuals," Jer. xl, 6 ; "• diet," Jer. lii, 84 ; opttrrov. Matt, xxii, 4 ; Lake xi, 88 ; xiv, 12). These Heb. terms are not ex- presrire of any {Mtrticular meal, although in the pas- sage first cited the noon meal is referred to. The Greek terms (both kindred to >)pi, ear-ly) relate proper- ly to the morning meal, taken originally at sunrise ^omcr, //. xxiv, 124 ; Od, xvi, 2) ; in later times, the breakfast lunch, Lat, prandiumy taken about the middle of the forenoon, or even so late as noon ; the principal meal being the ^ttTrvov, rendered "supper" (q. v.), taken later in the afternoon or early in the evening. See Meal.
It appears that it was the custom in Egypt, in great Csmilies, to dine at noon, and for this purpose the meat was slaughtered on the premises only just before it was required for cooking (Gen. xliii, 16), which is still the custom in the East on account of the heat of the climate. It is probable, however, that the Egyptians, like other inhabitants of the East, as also the Greeks and Romans, took only a slight dinner about this time, the principal meal being at six or seven in the evening. Feasts at a later period among the Jews were always appointed at supper-time, for the bummg heat of noon diminished the appetite for food, and suppressed the disposition to cheerfulness (Mark vi, 21 ; Luke xiv, 24 ; John xii, 2). A considerable quantity of meat was served up at these repasts, as is evident from the sculptures, which is still the custom of Eastern nations, whose aziimay or feast, is remarkable for the unspar- ing profusion of viands. A great variety of vegeta- bles was also required on all occasions ; and when din- ing in private, dishes of that kind seem to have been in greater request than joints, even at the tables of the rich. The tables, as at a Roman repast, were occa- sionally brought in and removed with the dishes on them ; sometimes each joint was served up separately, and the fruit, deposited in a plate, or trencher, suc- ceeded the meat at the close of the dinner. The £g}*ptians, like the Jews, were particularly fond of figs and grapes. Fresh dates, when in season, and in a dried state at other periods of the year, were also broui^ht to table, as well as a preserve of the fhiit still common in Egypt and Arabia (Wilkinson, Anc, Egypt, i, 179 sq., abridgm.). See Banquet.
Din^iabali (Heb. Dinhabah\ nnnp*!, perhaps rob- 6er«' deny otherwise ambuth ; Sept Atwajid ; Vulg. Denaba)y an Edomitish city, the capital (and probably birthplace) of king Bela (Gen. xxxvi, 82 ; 1 Chron. i, 48). Eusebins and Jerome {Onomast. s. v. Aavafidy Damnaba) mention a village DcavMa {£iawidy Jerome Damnaba) eight miles fh>m Areopolis, or Ar of Moab (Jerome, "on the road to Amon"), and another on Mount Poor, seven miles fVom Esbus (Heshbon) ; but neither of these has claim to be the Dinhabah of Scrip- ture. R. Joseph, in his Targum (on 1 Chron. i, 48, ed. Wilkins), finds a significance in the name. After identifying Balaam, the son of Beor, with Laban the Syrian, he adds, " And the name of his capital city was Dinhabah, for it waa given (nS'^n'^H'^K) him as a pres- ent" The name is not uncommon among the She- mitic races. Ptolemy (v, 15, 24) mentions a Danaba (Aavdpa) in Palmyrene Syria, afterwards a bishop's see, and according to 2^imus (iii, 27) there was a Da- nabe (^Aavafirj) in Babylonia. The place in question was doubtless one of the petty localities of Mount Seir, possibly at DibdibOy a little N.E. of Petra (Smith's list in Robinson's Be$earchesy iii, App. p. 114, and i, M(g>),
Dinim. See Talmud.
Dinner. See Dine.