Lexicographical Neighbors of Beenah
Literary usage of Beenah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Patriarchal Theory: Based on the Papers of the Late John Ferguson McLennan by John Ferguson McLennan, Donald McLennan (1885)
"When we find beenah marriage and marriage by purchase as alternatives, therefore,
... Putting aside this question of beenah marriage, however, ..."
2. History, Prophecy and the Monuments by James Frederick McCurdy (1914)
"... to show that Jacob contracted a " beenah marriage" (by which the husband
transfers himself to the family of his wife) with the daughters of Laban. ..."
3. Qabbalah: The Philosophical Writings of Solomon Ben Yehudah Ibn Gebirol, Or by Isaac Myer (1888)
"... beenah, /'. e., Words of Understanding. Within the open spaces of the columns,
the pages of the prior Mantua and Cremona editions are carefully noted ..."
4. Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill (1895)
"beenah patiently drew her needle through and through the fur, ever and anon ...
beenah rocked herself to and fro, crying: " My poor Daniel, my poor lamb! ..."
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