דִּין I, דּוּן (b. h., v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.) [to rule,] 1) to hold court, pass sentence, punish. Snh. II, 2 המלך לא דָן ולא דָנִין וכ׳ the king must not act as judge, nor be summoned before court. B. Kam. 82ᵃ ודנין בשני וב׳ court is held on Mondays and Thursdays. Snh. VII, 5 דנין את העדים וכ׳ witnesses are examined &c., v. כִּינּוּי. Ib. 5ᵃ ידין ידין dare he hold court? He dare; a. fr. —2) to argue, conclude. Pes. 27ᵇ דָּנוּ דִין אחר they argued differently. Maas. Sh. II, 9; Eduy. I, 10 הַדָּנִין לפני חכמים those who argued before the scholars; Snh. 17ᵇ by ‘those who argued &c.’ are meant R. Shimeon &c. Ab. Zar. III, 5 (45ᵃ) אני אובין ואָדוּן (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8), v. בִּין. R. Hash. 7ᵃ דנין שנה … משנה וכ׳ we compare the word shanah (year), used in connection with months, with shanah used &c. (Num. XXVIII, 14 with Ex. XII, 2); a. fr. —3) to judge, form an opinion of. Ab. I, 6, v. זְכוּת; a. fr.
Nif. - נִידֹּון, נִדֹּון נָדוֹן) to be judged, be called to account, summoned, punished, sentenced. R. Hash. I, 2 העולם נ׳ sentence is passed upon the world (prosperity or failure decreed). Ib. 16ᵃ נִידֹּונֶת לשעבר sentence has been passed upon it in the previous year (on the Passover, before the seed was sown), נ׳ להבא on the Passover of this same year (after the seed has been planted). Ib. אדם נ׳ בכל יום judgment is passed on man every day. Ib. 12ᵃ ברותחין נִידּוֹנוּ they were punished with (found their death in) hot water. Ab. III, 15 בטוב העולם נ׳ the world is ruled with divine mercy. Ḥull. 45ᵃ נ׳ כמוח is subject to the same law as the brain. B. Kam. II, 5 להיות כנ׳, v. דַּי; a. fr.
Pi. - דִּיֵּין to argue, discuss, dispute. Koh. R. to II, 8 היתה מְדַיֶּינֶת וכ׳ she argued (contended) with him. Ib. שמְדַיְּינִין בהלכה who argue legal questions.—Gen. R. s. 3 היו מדיינין זה עם זה contended with one another; a. fr.