ריב

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רִיב (rívm (plural indefinite רִיבִים, plural construct רִיבֵי־)

  1. 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?
  2. 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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