H1777. din

[דון‎] verb dubious; only in יָדוֺן‎ Genesis 6:3, see דין‎.

דִּין‎ verb judge (compare Arabic intransitive to be obedient, submissive, transitive requite, compensate, rule, govern, obedience, abasement, recompense, requiter, governor, city; Assyrian dânu, Imperfect idin, judge Asrb^{Ann. x. 120} Dl^{HA 49}; Aramaic דִּין‎, judge, exercise judgment, punish, דַּיָּינָא‎, , judge, דִּינָא‎, judgment, city; — on √ עי֞‎ see Nö^{ZMG 1883, 533}), synonym שָׁפַט‎ —

Qal Perfect דָּן‎ Jeremiah 22:16 etc.; Imperfect יָדִין‎ Genesis 49:16 9t., יָדוֺן‎ 6:3 compare below, etc.; Imperative דִּין‎ Proverbs 31:9; Job 35:14; דִּינוּ‎ Jeremiah 21:12; Infinitive לָדִין‎ Psalm 50:4 2t.; Participle דָּן‎ Genesis 15:14; Jeremiah 30:13; —

1 act as judge, minister judgment, of God עמוֺ ידין‎ Deuteronomy 32:36 (poetry = Psalm 135:14) 50:4; עמים דין‎ 7:9; 96:10; Isaiah 3:13; בְּמֵישָׁרִים לְאֻמִּים יָדִין‎ Psalm 9:9; Messianic king 72:2.

2 plead the cause,

a. of men, usually with accusative of congnate meaning with verb, דִּינֵךְ אֵיןדָּֿן‎ there is none to plead thy cause Jeremiah 30:13; ׳ד יָתוֺם דִּין‎ plead cause of orphan 5:28; ׳ד ואביון עני דין‎ 22:16; also, accusative of congnate meaning with verb omitted, Proverbs 31:9.

b. of God, אֱלֹהִים דָּנַנִּי‎ God has pled my cause Genesis 30:6 (E).

3 execute judgment, vindicate, in battle against enemies, עַמּוֺ יָדִין דָּן‎ Dan will judge (vindicate as a warrior) his people (see Di) Genesis 49:16 (poetry); the Messianic king בגוים‎ Psalm 110:6; God, תְדִינֵנִי בִּגְבוּרָֽתְךָ‎ in thy might judge me (vindicate me) 54:3.

4 execute judgment, requite, of man, מִשְׁמָּט לַבֹּקֶר דִּינוּ‎ execute judgment every morning Jeremiah 21:12; of God, upon Egypt Genesis 15:14 (E); עמים‎ by means of powers of nature Job 36:31; ארץ אפסי‎ 1 Samuel 2:10 (poetry)

5 govern, אֶתבֵּֿיתִי תָּדִין אַתָּה‎ thou shalt govern my house Zechariah 3:7.

6 עִם לָדִין לֹאיֿוּכַל‎ he cannot contend with one mightier than he Ecclesiastes 6:10.

Niph`al Participle יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּכָלשִֿׁבְטֵי נָדוֺן כָלהָֿעָם וַיְהִי‎ and all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel 2 Samuel 19:10 (reciprocal, compare Dr.)

Note. — לְעֹלָם בָֽאָדָם רוּחִי לֹאיָֿדוֺן‎ Genesis 6:3 compare perhaps continue, do something continually, in modern Egyptian Arabic (So^{SK lxvii {1894}, 211 f.}). (1) ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ᵐ5‎ Onk read ידיר‎ or (Kue) ילון‎ abide in, dwell, — My spirit will not abide in man for ever; this best suits the context, but ידור‎, as Aramaism, is dubious (2) Kn De Schr RVm render rule in, supported by Zechariah 3:7 only. (3) Thes Ew Di render be humbled in, sustained by Arabic usage, but not by Hebrew (4) strive with of AV RV (compare

6 above) is hardly justified.

[דִּין‎] verb judge (Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Participle plural דָּאֲנִין‎ Ezra 7:25 Kt (Qr דָּֽנִין‎), followed by ל‎ person