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title: רִיב — strife · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִיב (7379), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 61 times: strife. BDB 1906: n.m. strife, dispute. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רִיב

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«רִיב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strife** — 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:** 61 times · **Key:** 7379 · **BDB:** רִיב²

### Glosses

case (13); strife (8); a.case.at.law (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strife [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7379/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. strife, dispute [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7379/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 1:23 strife, dispute;—abs. ר׳ Gn 13:7 +, רִב Ex 23:2 +; cstr. רִיב 17:7 +; sf. רִיבִי 1 S 24:16 +, בְּרִבָם Jb 31:13 (or inf.?), etc.; pl. רִיבֹת Dt 17:8; cstr. רִיבֵי 2 S 22:44 + 2 times, רִבוֹת Jb 13:6;—strife, quarrel: in words, Ex 17:7 (J), Dt 1:12, about pasturage Gn 13:7 (J; = מְרִיבָה v 8), in gen. Pr 15:18; 17:14; 20:3; 26:17, 21; 30:33, + מָדוֹן Hb 1:3, so זִבְהֵי־ר׳ Pr 17:1; fig. ר׳ עֲצָמָיו Jb 33:19 Kt (Qr רוב, i.e. רֹב q.v.); ר׳ לְשֹׁנוֹת ψ 31:21, cf. Is 58:4; Pr 18:6; אִישׁ ר׳ Je 15:10 (+ א׳ מָדוֹן). of public hostilities 2 S 22:44 = ψ 18:44, cf. אִישׁ רִיב Ju 12:2, אַנְשֵׁי רִיבֶ֑ךָ Is 41:11; ‖ חָמָם ψ 55:10. 39 especially dispute, controversy, case at law: Ex 23:2, 3, 6 (E), Dt 21:5 (+ נֶגַע), 25:1 2 S 15:2, 4 (‖ מִשְׁפָּט), + 10 times, + (of י׳) Ho 4:1; 12:3 Mi 6:2(×2) Je 25:31; Ez 44:24; La 3:36; as acc. cogn., case, cause Mi 7:9 Je 50:34 + 8 times (v. √ 3), + רִיב חֶרְפָּתִי 1 S 25:39, רִיבֵי נַפְשִׁי La 3:58; דִּבְרֵי רִיבֹת Dt 17:8 matters of controversy; ר׳ 19:17 dispute as to guilt; אִישׁ רִיבִי Jb 31:35 = accuser. plea: Pr 18:17, רִבוֹת שְׂפָתַי Jb 13:6 pleadings of my lips.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 45 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (18 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רִיב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7379/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 23:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.3/)

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וְדָ֕ל לֹ֥א תֶהְדַּ֖ר בְּרִיבֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* and a.poor.\[person\] not you.must.honor in his.case at.law

*JPS 1917:* neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

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[Exodus 23:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.6/)

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לֹ֥א תַטֶּ֛ה מִשְׁפַּ֥ט אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ בְּרִיבֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* not you.must.turn.aside the.justice of your.needy.\[person\] in his.case at.law

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

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