ריב

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רִיב • (rív) m (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 l^evadí torḥ^akhém 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 mimm^ekhá davár lam-mishpát bein dam l^edam bein din l^edin 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, [or any other case] 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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