ריב

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁiv/

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רִיב • (rív) m (plural indefinite רִיבִים, plural construct רִיבֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

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'vadí torkhakhém 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 yipalé mim'khá davár lamishpát bein dám l'dam bein dín l'dín uvein néga lanéga divréi rivót bish'arékha v'kámta v'alíta el hamakóm ashér yivkhár Adonáy Elohékha 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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