ריב

Hebrew

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Noun

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.

Declension

Declension of רִיב

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	רִיב	first	רִיבִי		רִיבֵנוּ
	definite	הָרִיב	second	רִיבְךָ	רִיבֵךְ	רִיבְכֶם	רִיבְכֶן
	construct	רִיב־	third	רִיבוֹ	רִיבָהּ	רִיבָם	רִיבָן
plural	indefinite	רִיבִים	first	ריביי / רִיבַי		רִיבֵינוּ
	definite	הָרִיבִים	second	רִיבֶיךָ	ריבייך / רִיבַיִךְ	רִיבֵיכֶם	רִיבֵיכֶן
	construct	רִיבֵי־	third	רִיבָיו	רִיבֶיהָ	רִיבֵיהֶם	רִיבֵיהֶן

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