Aramaic word · H1778

דִּין

da'anin

to judge

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

1) (P'al) to judge

2) (Qal)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 7:25 דָּאיְנִין֙ judging

    And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.

    Here: 'Judging,' joined to 'they will be' to describe an ongoing, standing function: a working court system, not a single act.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.