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רִיב‏ n.m. case, dispute

case, dispute JLAtg, LJLA. TgJ Jer18:19var. : גְלֵי קְֹדָמָך יוי דִינִי/ריבי/‏ †. TgEsth² 1:1(1) : ולא הוה ריבא וחרבה בעלמא עד דאתא אמרפל‏ there had been no dispute or war in the world before PN came.

Probably a Hebraism.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 1472;

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