[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9F/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/) / [ד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/dalet/)‎ / דִּין‎ # דִּין Biblical Aramaic **judgment** — used 6 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917. ## Meaning ### OpenScriptures lexical index judgment [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5df/#m1) ### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 דִּין²: n.m. judgment [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5df/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ezr 7:26 judgment;—abs. ד׳ Dn 4:34 = justice (of ways of God); emph. דִּינָה מִתְעֲבֵד מִנֵּהּ Ezr 7:26 judgment be executed upon him; דִּינָא = judges, court Dn 7:10, 26 + perhaps v 22 (reading וְד׳ יְהִב \[יְתִב וְשָׁלְטָנָא\], Ew Bev Kmp Dr); MT however = judgment was given in favour of (v. Dr). ### Jastrow 1903 דִּין II: law-suit, claim; judgment, justice, law equity argument, analogy conclusion from minor to major ad majus [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5df/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** preced.) law-suit, claim; judgment, justice, law. Yeb. 92ᵃ; Snh. 6ᵇ יקוב הד׳ את ההר let the law cut through the mountain (justice under all circumstances). Ib. 2ᵇ אין דִּינֵיהֶם ד׳ their decision is not binding. Keth. IX, 2 אין מרחמין בד׳ compassion must have no influence on the decision of the law. Ib. IX, 1 ד׳ ודברים אין לי וכ׳ I have no claim whatever &c. Snh. l. c. שנים שבאו לד׳ two persons who come before court. Ib. VI, 1, v. גָּמַר.—B. Mets. 30ᵇ, a. fr. ד׳ תורה strict law, opp. לפנים משורת הד׳ inside the line of the law, equity.—Sabb. 33ᵃ עינוי הד׳ vexations of the law, unnecessary delay of sentence, עיוות הד׳ perversion of the law, partiality and sophistry; קילקול הד׳ disregard of the law, wrong sentence through carelessness.—Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ, a. fr. יום הד׳ the day of judgment (in the world to come). Ib., a. fr. הצדיק את הד׳ to declare God’s judgment right, to submit to God’s decree with resignation, צידוק הד׳ resignation.—Ab. IV, 22, a. fr. נתן ד׳ to give an account, to be made responsible.—Gen. R. s. 28 נטלו דִינָם suffered punishment Gen. R. s. 22 לתבוע דִּינוֹ של וכ׳ (Ar. דקיון) to make responsible for &c., cmp. דִּיקְיוֹן; a. fr.—Ib. s. 12 end, a. fr. מידת הד׳ the attribute of justice, Divine Justice, opp. מידת הרחמים Divine Mercy; v. מִדָּה.—בֵּית דִּין (abbr. ב"ד) court, v. בַּיִת.—גְּזַר ד׳ decree, v. גָּזָר.—Kidd. 65ᵇ, a. fr. בעל ד׳ litigant, opponent in court.—Snh. 32ᵇ ד׳ מרומה proceedings in court which bear evidences of fraudulent claims or statements.—Ber. 55ᵃ מוסר ד׳ על חבירו וכ׳ one who appeals to the Lord for judgment on his neighbor. argument, analogy. Snh. 4ᵇ; Zeb. 38ᵃ מפני הד׳ by analogy from equal expressions, v. גְּזֵרָה. Ib. והלא ד׳ הוא is not this an analogy?—Esp. conclusion from minor to major (קל וְחוֹמֶר). Y. Kidd. I, beg. 58ᵇ; Bab. Kidd. 4ᵇ, a. fr. ד׳ הוא it is a proper conclusion; מה … אינו ד׳ if a Hebrew hand-maid … is acquired by means of money, אינו ד׳ וכ׳ is it not so much the more proper that a wife &c.—Snh. 54ᵃ, a. fr. אין עונשין מן הד׳ the tresspass of a law derived by conclusion ad majus is not punishable.—לבא מן הד׳ וכ׳, v. דַּי.—Snh. 2ᵇ, a. fr. ובד׳ הוא ד־ and by right &c. Ib. הוא הד׳ דאפי׳ the same applies also to &c.—Pl. דִּינִים, דִּינִין, constr. דִּינֵי. Ḥag. I, 8 הד׳ the interpretations of laws, v. ib. 11ᵃ.—Snh. IV, 1, a. fr. דיני ממונות civil cases, ד׳ נפשות capital cases. R. Hash. 21ᵇ ד׳ שבלב שלא וכ׳ sentences from a mere inner conviction, without witnesses &c.; a. fr. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (19 candidates) ## Glosses MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: (the) (2); the (2); \[are\] justice (1). ## In the verses [Daniel 7:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.26/#tree) וְדִינָ֖א יִתִּ֑ב וְשָׁלְטָנֵ֣הּ יְהַעְדּ֔וֹן לְהַשְׁמָדָ֥ה וּלְהוֹבָדָ֖ה עַד־סוֹפָֽא׃ *Word for word:* and the court it.will.sit and dominion his they.will.remove to annihilate and to destroy until the end *JPS 1917:* But the judgment shall sit, and his dominions shall be taken away, to be consumed and to be destroy unto the end. [Daniel 7:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.22/#tree) עַ֣ד דִּֽי־אֲתָ֗ה עַתִּיק֙ יֽוֹמַיָּ֔א וְדִינָ֣א יְהִ֔ב לְקַדִּישֵׁ֖י עֶלְיוֹנִ֑ין וְזִמְנָ֣א מְטָ֔ה וּמַלְכוּתָ֖א הֶחֱסִ֥נוּ קַדִּישִֽׁין׃ *Word for word:* until that he.came the.\[one\].ancient of.(the) days and (the) judgment it.was.given for the.holy.\[ones\] of.the.Most.High and the.appointed time it.arrived and the kingdom they.took.possession.of \[the\].holy.\[ones\] *JPS 1917:* until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High; and the time came, and the saints possessed the kingdom. ## In Targum Onkelos Number 269 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 20 times there, in the forms דִין (20). [Exodus 23:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.6/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew לָא תַצְלֵי דִין מִסְכֵּינָךְ בְּדִינֵהּ: 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. [Numbers 35:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.29/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew וִיהוֹן אִלֵין לְכוֹן לִגְזֵרַת דִין לְדָרֵיכוֹן בְּכֹל מוֹתְבָנֵיכוֹן וְהָי֨וּ אֵ֧לֶּה לָכֶ֛ם לְחֻקַּ֥ת מִשְׁפָּ֖ט לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּכֹ֖ל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ *Word for word:* and they.will.become these.\[things\] for you (into).a statute of.judgment to generations your in all places your.dwelling *JPS 1917:* And these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ## On Mova - [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5df.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5df/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).