דִּין noun [masculine] judgment — Deuteronomy 17:8 16t.; suffix דִּינִי Psalm 9:5, דִּינֵךְ Jeremiah 30:13; —

1 כסא דין throne of judgment Proverbs 20:8; משׁמים השׁמעת דין from heaven thou didst cause judgment to be heard Psalm 76:9.

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

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

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

5 government, דת ודין law and government Esther 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).