DINEI (Aram. dinâjé; Vulg. Dinaei). — In Ezra 4:9 they are named in the list of exiles from Babylon, from Susa, etc., transplanted by the Assyrian kings to Samaria (cf. AFFARSACHEI). According to some, this refers to a class of state officials, namely judges (Aram. dajjânâ) and judges). The ancients preserved the term D. as the name of a people.
BIBL.: A. Ungnad, Aramäische Papyrus aus Elephantine, Leipzig 1911, p. 9.