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Dan

דָּן

Means "he judged" or "judge," built on the Hebrew root din, "to render judgment."

Meaning and origin

Dan is a Hebrew name carried by a son of Jacob and his concubine Bilhah in the book of Genesis, where his mother reads his birth as a sign that God had judged in her favour.

How to pronounce Dan

HebrewDAHN /dan/

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