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title: דִּין — judgment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דִּין (lemma:דִּין), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: judgment. BDB 1906: judgment. With 1 verse 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:דִּין · **BDB:** דִּין²

### Glosses

judgment (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

judgment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

judgment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5df/#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, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 19:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.29/)

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גּ֤וּרוּ לָכֶ֨ם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶ֗רֶב כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה עֲוֺנ֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב לְמַ֖עַן תֵּדְע֣וּן שַׁדּֽוּן׃ס

*Word for word:* be.afraid (for yourselves of \[the\].sword (dm) rage \[is\].iniquities of.\[the\].sword so.that you may.know (cmp).a judgment

*JPS 1917:* Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

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