A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/דין - דינא
וכ׳ העדים witnesses are examined &c., v. כינוי, Ib. 5a ידין ידין dare he hold court? He dare; a. fr. -- 2) to argue, conclude. Pes. 27b אחר דין דנו they argued differently. Maas. Sh. II, 9; Eduy. I, 10 חכמים לפני הדנין those who argued before the scholars; Snh. 17b by 'those who argued &c.' are meant R. Shimeon &c. Ab. Zar. III, 5 (45a) ואדון אובין אני (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8), v. בין. R. Hash. 7a וכ׳ משנה . . . שנה דנין we compare the word shanahtyear), used in connectionwith months, with shanah used &c. (Num. XXVIII, 14 with Ex. XII, 2); a. fr. -- 3) to fadge, form an opinion of. Ab. I, 6, v. זכות; a. fr. Nif. נידון, נדון (b. h. נדון) to be judged, be called to account, summmoned, punished, sentenced. R. Hash. I, 2 נ׳ העולם sentence is passed upon the world (prosperity or failure decreed). Ib. 16a לשעבר נידונת sentence has been passed upon it in the previous year (on the Passover, before the seed was sown), להבא נ׳ on the Passover of this same year (after the seed has been planted). Ib. אדם יום בכל ׳ judgment is passed on man every day. Ib. 12a נידונו ברותחין they were punished with (found their death in) hot water. Ab. III, 15 ׳ העולם בטוב the world is ruled with divine mercy. Hull. 45a כמוח ׳ is subject to the same law as the brain. B. Kam. II, 5 כנ׳ להיות, v. די; a. fr. P. דיין to argue, discuss, dispute. Koh. R. to II, 8 וכ׳ מדיינת היתה she argued (contended) with him. Ib. בהלכה שמדיינין who argue legal questions. -- Gen. R. s. 3 זה עם זה מדיינין היו contended with one another; a. fr.
דין, דון ch. same. Targ. I Kings XX, 40; a. e.- Part. דאין, דיין, דין. Targ.Is. XVI, . Targ. O. Ex. XVIII, 16 דאינא ed. Berl. (Var. דאינא, דאיננא, v. Berl. Targ. O. I, p. 25; Y. דיינא). - Ib. מידן, מידון. Targ. O. ib. 13 למידן (ed. Berl. למדן, Y. למידון); a. e. -- Y. Snh. I, 18a bot. יתיב וכ׳ דיין sat holding court single--handed. Ib. דיינין הוו וכ׳ קומי had a law-suit before &c. Keth. 27b דאיננא I decide (v. supra). B. Bath. 29a, v. דיינא; a. fr. [Sabb. 67b, v. דני. -- ומינה מינה דון judge from it and (all) from it, i. e. an analogy (v. גזירה) must be carried through all points so that the case deduced agrees throughout with the case from which the deduction has started, opp. דון באתרה ואוקי מינה judge from it and place the deduction back on its own basis, i. e. let the deduction won by analogy be regulated by the rules of the original case, e. g. Shebu. 31a an analogy between testimony and trust with reference to false oaths (Lev. V, 18q., a. 2I sq.). Yeb. 78b; B. Kam. 25b; a. fr. Pa. דיין 1) to dispute, quarrel. Targ. Y. Ex. XV, 12; a. e. -- 2) to decide. Shebu. 32b וכ׳ דייני לדייני היכי how shall the judges decide this case?; ib. 47a לידיינו; a. e. Ithpe. אתדן, אתדן, אי׳ to bejudged, decreedupon, punished. Targ. Y. Ex. XVIII, 11. Targ.Is. LIX, 4; a. fr. -- R. HHash. 16a איתדון אימת when were these sentences passed?--- Ib. חד מתדנא דינא sentence is passed upon it (the grain) once only; מתדנא דיני תרי sentence is . . . . ttwice. thpa. אידיין, אידין 1) same. Targ. Ps. XXXVII, 33; a. e. -- 2) to argue, dispute, have a law-suit with. Targ. II Chr. XXII, 8; a. e. -- Y. Snh. III, end, 21d [read] והוון וכ מידיינין and contested before &c.; a. e.
דין II m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) law-suit, claim; judgment, justice, law. Yeb. 92a; Snh. 6b ההר את הד׳ יקוב let the law cut through the mountain (justice under all circum- stances). Ib. 2b ד׳ דיניהם אין their decision is not binding. Keth. IX, 2 בד׳ מרחמין אין compassion must have no in- fluence on the decision of the law. Ib. IX, 1 ודברים ד׳ וכ׳ לי אין I have no claim whatever &c. Snh. l. c. שנים לד׳ שבאו two persons who come before court. Ib. VI, 1, v. נמר. -- B. Mets. 30b, a. fr. תורה ד׳ strict law, opp. הד׳ משורת לפנים inside the line of the law, eguity. -- Sabb. 33a הד׳ עינוי vexations of the law, unnecessary delay of sentence, הד׳ עיוות perversion of the law, par- tiality and sophistry; הד׳ קילקול disregard of the law, wrong sentence through carelessness. -- Ab. Zar. 18a, a. fr. הד׳ יום the day of judgment (in the world to come). Ib., a. fr. הד׳ את הצדיק to declare God's judgment right, to submit to God's decree with resignation, הד׳ צידוק resignation. -- Ab. IV, 22, a. fr. ד׳ נתן to give an account, to be made responsible. -- Gen. R. s. 28 דינם נטלו suffered punishment. Ib. s. 22 וכ׳ של דינו לתבוע (Ar. דקיון) to make responsible for &c., cmp. דיקיון; a. fr. -- Ib. s. I2 end, a. fr. הד׳ מידת the attribute of justice, Divine Justice, Opp. הרחמים מידת Divine Mercy; v. מדה. -דין־ בית (abbr. ב״ד) court, v. בית. -- ד׳ גזר decree, v. גזר. -- Kidd. 65b, a. fr. ד׳ בעל litigant, opponent in court. -- Snh. 32b מרומה ד׳ proceedings in court which bear evidences of fraudulent claims or statements. -- Ber. 55a וכ׳ חבירו על ד׳ מוסר one who appeals to the Lord for judgment on his neighbor. -- 2) argument, analogy. Snh. 4b; Zeb. 38a הד׳ מפני by analogy from equal expressions, v. גזרה. Ib. הוא ד׳ והלא is not this an analogy--Esp. conclusion fromm minor to major (וחומר קל). Y. Kidd. I, beg. 58b; Bab. ib. 4b, a. fr. הוא ד׳ it is a proper conclusion; ד׳ אינו . . . .. . . מה if a. Hebrew hand-mmmaid . .m . . is acquired by means of money, וכ׳ ד׳ אינו is it not so much the more proper that a wife &c. -- Snh. 54a, a. fr. הד׳ מן עונשין אין the tresspass of a law derived by conclusion ad majus is not punish- able. -- וכ׳ הד׳ מן לבא, v. די. -- Snh. 2b, a. fr. די הוא ובד׳ and by right &c. Ib. דאפי׳ הד׳ הוא the same applies also to &c. -- Pl דינים, דינין, constr. דיני. Hag. I, 8 הד׳ the interpretations of laws, v. ib. 11. -- Snh. IV, 1, a. fr. דיני ממונות civil cases, נפשות ד׳ capital cases. R. Hash. 21b ד׳ וכ׳ שלא שבלב sentences from a mere inner conviction, without witnesses &c.; a. fr.
דין, דינא ch. same, 1) law, decision; cause &c. Targ. Is. LVIII, 6, v. מסטי. Targ. Prov. XX, 8; a. fr. -- Gen. R. s. 45 גבד דיני יבעי may my cause be required at thy hands, l. e. you wronged me, cmp. דיקיון. -- Snh. 8a דד׳ יומא court day. B. Kam. 39a; B. Mets. 117b דד׳ לעומקיה נחית he enters into the depth of the case before him. B. Bath. 175b ד׳ דפרסאי Persian law (arbitrary). B. Kam. 113a, a. fr. ד׳ ד׳ דמלכותא the law of the (secular) government is law (must supersede the Jewish llaw in civilaffairs). B. Mets. 83a הכי ד׳ is this the law? Ber. 5b ד׳ בלא ד׳ דעביד that He will pass sentence without justice (punish without cause). Nidd. 69a, v. גלחי. Gitt. 56b bot. במאי גברא דההוא ד׳ what is this man's (thy) punishment (in the nether wold)? Lev. R. s. 27 וכ׳ ד׳ הדין הוה אילו if such a case would