Jemima
Female, Person
Who is Jemima?
Jemima was the oldest of the three beautiful daughters of Job, named in the Bible as given to him in the later part of his life, after God made Job prosperous again. Jemima's younger sisters are named as Keziah and Keren-Happuch. Job's sons, in contrast, are not named.
Jemima, along with her sisters, was described as more beautiful than all the other women in the land. Also, unusually and in common with her sisters, Jemima was granted an inheritance by her father, with her brothers as might have been expected. Apart from these brief references at the end of the Book of Job, Jemima is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible.
The name Jemima in Hebrew literally means "warm", i.e. affectionate and hence it is taken to mean dove, which in Hebrew is also derived from the word for warmth.
In Job 42:14:
"And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch"
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