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title: דִּין — judgment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דִּין (1779), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: judgment. BDB 1906: judgment. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דִּין

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«דִּין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **judgment** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 1779 · **BDB:** דִּין²

### Glosses

\[the\].cause (5); judgment (5); dispute (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

judgment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1779/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

judgment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1779/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] judgment—Dt 17:8 + 16 times; sf. דִּינִי ψ 9:5, דִּינֵךְ Je 30:13;— כסא דין throne of judgment Pr 20:8; משׁמים השׁמעת דין from heaven thou didst cause judgment to be heard ψ 76:9. cause, plea, בין דין לדין between plea and plea Dt 17:8; דין דין plead a cause Je 5:28; 22:16; 30:13; עשׂה דין maintain the cause ψ 9:5; 140:13; ידע דין consider the cause Pr 29:7; דין לפניו the cause is before him Jb 35:14; שׂנה דין change the cause Pr 31:5; לְהַטּוֹת מִדִּין דַּלִּים Is 10:2; דין יתום Je 5:28; דין כל בני חֲלוֹף Pr 31:8. judgment, condemnation, דין רשׁע judgment of the wicked Jb 36:17; דין ומשׁפט judgment and justice v 17. strife, דין וקלון Pr 22:10 (legal strife, law-suit Str). government, דת ודין law and government Est 1:13. —לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן שַׁדּיּ֯ן Jb 19:29 is variously explained. (1) AV RV that ye may know there is a judgment follow Aq Symm Theod, so De Da, in interpreting שׁ relative + דִּין judgment, but שׁ is unknown to the dialect of Job and דִּין is used only in Elihu section. (2) 𝔊 reads ὕλη or ἴσχυς (i.e. שַׁדַּי (cf. 29:5 𝔊)? or שֹׁד?), \& Qr שַׁדּוּן, indicating ancient uncertainty and a corrupt text. (3) Ew Di read שַׁדַּי the Almighty, which accords with usage of Job. (4) Siegf כִּי שֻׁדָּ֑דוּ (doubtfully).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דִּין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1779/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.17/)

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וְדִין־רָשָׁ֥ע מָלֵ֑אתָ דִּ֖ין וּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃

*Word for word:* and judgment of.\[the\].wicked you.are.full judgment and justice they.take.hold.of.\[you\]

*JPS 1917:* And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.

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[Psalms 76:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.9/)

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מִ֭שָּׁמַיִם הִשְׁמַ֣עְתָּ דִּ֑ין אֶ֖רֶץ יָֽרְאָ֣ה וְשָׁקָֽטָה׃

*Word for word:* from heaven you.proclaimed judgment \[the\].earth it.was.afraid and it.was.quiet

*JPS 1917:* Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

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