Jastrow: דִּין

דִּין, דִּינָא ch. same 1) law, decision; cause &c. Targ. Is. LVIII, 6, v. מַסְטֵי. Targ. Prov. XX, 8; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 45 יבעי דִּינִי גבך may my cause be required at thy hands, i.e. you wronged me, cmp. דִּיקְיוֹן.—Snh. 8ᵃ יומא דד׳ court day. B. Kam. 39ᵃ; B. Mets. 117ᵇ נחית לעומקיה דד׳ he enters into the depth of the case before him. B. Bath. 173ᵇ ד׳ דפרסאי Persian law (arbitrary). B. Kam. 113ᵃ, a. fr. ד׳ דמלכותא ד׳ the law of the (secular) government is law (must supersede the Jewish law in civil affairs). B. Mets. 83ᵃ ד׳ הכי is this the law? Ber. 5ᵇ דעביד ד׳ בלא ד׳ that He will pass sentence without justice (punish without cause). Nidd. 69ᵃ, v. גַּלְחִי. Gitt. 56ᵇ bot. ד׳ דההוא גברא במאי what is this man’s (thy) punishment (in the nether world)? Lev. R. s. 27 אילו הוה הדין ד׳ וכ׳ if such a case would come up in your country. Ib. דִּינְכוֹן אתיתי למחמי (Tanḥ. Emor 6 דיציבון, read: דִּינֵיכוֹן pl.) I came to see your administration of the law; a. fr. —2) contest, quarrel. Targ. Prov. XVII, 1; a. fr.—Pl. דִּינִין. Targ. Y. Gen. XIII, 7 [read:] והוו דינין. Targ. Y. Ex. I, 10 בהלין ד׳ by what laws; a. fr.—[Y. Keth. IX, 33ᵇ bot. דין מוגמרין, v. דִּיאֲטַגְמָא.]