4427. 'Dinah went out' means the affection for all things of faith, and also means the Church arising from that affection. This is clear from the representation of 'Dinah' as the affection for all truths, and as the Church arising from that affection, dealt with in 3963, 3964. For 'the twelve sons of Jacob' represented all things of faith, and so all things that constitute the Church, 2129, 2130, 3858, 3926, 3939; and therefore 'Dinah', who was born after Jacob's ten sons by Leah and the servant-girls, means the affection for those things of faith, and so means the Church. Indeed the Church arises from the affection for truth, so much so that whether you speak of the affection for truth or of the Church it amounts to the same; for it is by virtue of the affection for truth that anyone is a Church.

3964. 'And she called her name Dinah' means the essential nature of it. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' and 'calling her name' as the essential nature, dealt with above. That which Dinah represents and means includes everything belonging to the Church of faith in which good is present, dealt with above. The same is also evident from the derivation of her name, for in the original language Dinah means judgement. 'Judgement' in the Word has reference to the truth of faith, see 2235, and 'judging' in the internal sense means the holiness of faith, and in the external sense the good of life, 3921. These things belong to the Church.