Lexical Definition

‎דִּין‎ dîyn (deen) judgment ^H:N-M
or (Job 19:29) דּוּן dûwn (deen); from ‎דִּין‎

cause, judgement, plea, strife.

• judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal)
• by implication also strife

1) judgment
1a) judgment
1b) cause, plea
1c) condemnation, judgment
1d) dispute, legal suit, strife
1e) government

See Greek: δίκαιος · δίκη · κρίμα · κρίσις · κριτήριον · συνέδριον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎דּוּן‎] noun [masculine] dubious; Qr Job 9:29 ‎שַׁדּיּ֯ן‎; see ‎דִּין‎
n.

‎דִּין‎ noun [masculine] judgment — Deut 17:8 + 16 t.; suffix ‎דִּינִי‎ Ps 9:5*, ‎דִּינֵךְ‎ Jer 30:13 —

1. ‎כסא דין‎ throne of judgment Prov 20:8 ‎משׁמים השׁמעת דין‎ from heaven thou didst cause judgment to be heard Ps 76:9*.

2. cause, plea, ‎בין דין לדין‎ between plea and plea Deut 17:8 ‎דין דין‎ plead a cause Jer 5:28; Jer 22:16; Jer 30:13 ‎עשׂה דין‎ maintain, the cause Ps 9:5*; Ps 140:13* ‎ידע דין‎ consider the cause Prov 29:7 ‎דין לפניו‎ the cause is before him Job 35:14 ‎שׁנה דין‎ change the cause Prov 31:5 ‎לְהַטּוֺת מִדִּין דַּלִּים‎ Isa 10:2 ‎דין יתום‎ Jer 5:28 ‎דין כל בני חֲלוֺף‎ Prov 31:8.

3. judgment, condemnation, ‎דין רשׁע‎ judgment of the wicked Job 36:17 ‎דין ומשׁפט‎ judgment and justice vJob 36:17.

4. strife, ‎דין וקלון‎ Prov 22:10 (legal strife, law-suit Str).

5. government, ‎דת ודין‎ law and government Esth 1:13.

Note. — ‎לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן שַׁדּיּ֯ן‎ Job 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) ᵐ5 reads ὕλη, or ἴσχυς (i.e. ‎שַׁדַּי‎ (compare Job 29:5 ᵐ5) ? 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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