דִּ֣ין — Proverbs 22:10 Hebrew Word Study

דִּ֣ין

𐤃𐤉𐤍

din

strife

or (Job 19:29) דּוּן; from דִּין; judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife; cause, judgement, plea, strife.

H1779

Proverbs 22:10 · Word #6

Lexicon `H1779`

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

a judicial-case

Root	דין (d-y-n)
Core Meanings	judging, governing, administering justice, contending a legal case
Semantic Range	legal case, lawsuit, plea, cause, judgment, legal right, justice, contention or dispute
Conceptual Significance	דִּין reflects Israel’s covenantal legal worldview, where disputes and moral questions are brought before judges or before YHWH Himself. It emphasizes that conflicts and injustices are matters to be examined and set right within a framework of divine and communal justice.
Morphological Notes	Common masculine singular noun (absolute or construct). No pronominal suffix in the given forms. Derived from the verbal root דין.
Rendering Rationale	The noun דִּין derives from the root דין, meaning "to judge" or "to administer justice." Rendering it as "a judicial-case" preserves the core idea of a matter brought for judgment rather than the abstract concept of "cause." The form is a masculine singular noun (absolute or construct), reflected in the singular English rendering.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H1835-01`	bedan	Dan ("Judge")
`H1841-01`	bedaniyel	in God-is-my-Judge
`H4080-01`	bemideyan	in Midyan (Strife-land)
`H1835-02`	dan	Judge (masculine singular proper name)
`H1783-01`	dinah	Justice‑Maiden
`H1839-01`	hadani	the Judge-tribesman
`H4082-01`	hamedinah	the jurisdictional district
`H4082-02`	hamedinot	the jurisdictions
`H4084-01`	hamideyanim	the Midianite men (descendants of Strife)
`H1777-01`	ladin	to render judgment
`H4066-01`	madon	a contention
`H4066-02`	mdvnym	contentions
`H4082-03`	medinah	a jurisdiction
`H4083-01`	medinat	jurisdiction of
`H4083-02`	medinata	the jurisdiction-province
`H4082-04`	medinot	governed-districts of
`H1835-03`	midan	from Dan (Judge)
`H4080-02`	mideyan	Midyan (Strife)
`H4079-01`	mideyanim	contentions
`H1779-02`	midin	from judgment
`H4082-05`	umedinah	and a judge-ruled district
`H4080-03`	umideyan	and Midyan (Strife)
`H1841-04`	vedaniyel	and God‑is‑my‑Judge
`H1780-01`	vedina	and the judgment
`H1777-02`	yadin	he will render judgment

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Deuteronomy 17:8	דִּ֣ין	din	lawsuit
Deuteronomy 17:8	לְ/דִ֗ין	ledin	and lawsuit
Isaiah 10:2	מִ/דִּין֙	midin	from justice
Jeremiah 5:28	דִּ֣ין	din	the cause
Jeremiah 5:28	דִּ֥ין	din-2	the cause
Jeremiah 22:16	דִּין	din	cause
Jeremiah 30:13	דִּינֵ֖/ךְ	dinekhe	your judgment/cause
Psalms 9:5	וְ/דִינִ֑/י	vedini	and my case
Psalms 76:9	דִּ֑ין	din	judgment
Psalms 140:13	דִּ֣ין	din	cause
Proverbs 20:8	דִ֑ין	din	of judgment
Proverbs 22:10	דִּ֣ין	din	strife
Proverbs 29:7	דִּ֣ין	din	cause
Proverbs 31:5	דִּ֣ין	din	justice
Proverbs 31:8	דִּ֝֗ין	din	the rights
Job 19:29	ש/דין	shdyn	judgment
Job 19:29	שַׁ/דּֽוּן	shadun	judgment
Job 35:14	דִּ֥ין	din	judgment
Job 36:17	וְ/דִין	vedin	and judgment
Job 36:17	דִּ֖ין	din	judgment
Esther 1:13	וָ/דִֽין	vadin	and judgment