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title: דַּיָּן — judge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דַּיָּן (1781), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: judge. BDB 1906: n.m. judge. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דַּיָּן

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«דַּיָּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **judge** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1781 · **BDB:** דַּיָּן

### Glosses

a.judge (1); judge (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

judge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1781/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. judge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1781/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. judge 1 S 24:16; cstr. דַּיַּן ψ 68:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «דַּיָּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1781/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 68:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.6/)

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אֲבִ֣י יְ֭תוֹמִים וְדַיַּ֣ן אַלְמָנ֑וֹת אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים בִּמְע֥וֹן קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.father of.fatherless.ones and a.judge of.widows God in the.dwelling.place his.holiness his

*JPS 1917:* A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.

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[1 Samuel 24:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.24.16/)

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וְהָיָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְדַיָּ֔ן וְשָׁפַ֖ט בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ וְיֵ֙רֶא֙ וְיָרֵ֣ב אֶת־רִיבִ֔י וְיִשְׁפְּטֵ֖נִי מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.will.become Yahweh (into).a judge and he.will.judge between me and between you and may.he.see and may.he.conduct (et) case my and may he.vindicate.me from hand your

*JPS 1917:* The LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.'

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