Lexical Summary din: to judge Original Word: דִּיןTransliteration: din Phonetic Spelling: (deen) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to judge Meaning: a straight course, sail direct Strong's Concordance Sail directOr (Gen. 6:3) duwn {doon}; a primitive roy a straight course, i.e. Sail direct -- (come) with a straight course. Brown-Driver-Briggs 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 AsrbAnn. x. 120 DlHA 49; Aramaic דִּין, judge, exercise judgment, punish, דַּיָּינָא, , judge, דִּינָא, judgment, city; — on √ עי֞ see NöZMG 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 (SoSK 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 |