Jemima
Jemima
Biblical woman . Name variations: Jemimah. Born in the land of Uz; eldest of Job's three daughters.
Job's three daughters were born after his period of great suffering. He named the first Jemima, which means "handsome as the day" in Hebrew and "dove" in Arabic. Her sisters were named Keziah and Kerenhappuch . "And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job" (Job xlii, 14 and 15).
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