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רִיב • (rív) m (plural indefinite רִיבִים, plural construct רִיבֵי־)
- fight (occasion of fighting), quarrel, conflict
Tanach, Deuteronomy 1:12, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:אֵיכָה אֶשָּׂא לְבַדִּי טׇרְחֲכֶם וּמַשַּׂאֲכֶם וְרִיבְכֶם- Eykhá esá levadí torḥakhém u-masa'akhém v-rivkhém
- But how can I bear the burden, responsibility and conflict that you present if I am all by myself?
- dispute, legal case
Tanach, Deuteronomy 17:8, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:כִּי יִפָּלֵא מִמְּךָ דָבָר לַמִּשְׁפָּט בֵּין דָּם לְדָם בֵּין דִּין לְדִין וּבֵין נֶגַע לָנֶגַע דִּבְרֵי רִיבֹת בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְקַמְתָּ וְעָלִיתָ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ.- ki yippalé mimmekhá davár lam-mishpát bein dam ledam bein din ledin u-vein néga la-néga divréi rivót bi-sh‘aréikha ve-qamtá ve-‘alíta el ham-maqóm ashér yivḥár Adonái Elohéikha bo.
- If you are unable to reach a decision in a case involving capital punishment, litigation, leprous marks, where there is a dispute in your territorial courts, then you must set out and go up to the place that God your Lord shall choose.
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