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-- בעל דין , pl. בעלי דין n.m. legal adversary < Akk be:l di:ni Kaufman, Influences 43; → דין ; QA בעל דין ATTM 534, Sy ܒܥܠܕܝܢܐ LS 84) sg. חד בר נש הוה בעל דיניה עתיר the legal adversary of a certain person was rich Ned 41c(31); בצפרא קרץ בעל דיניה לגביה his legal adversary came to him early in the morning BB 13c(37); בעל דינא קבליה the legal adversary accepted (the decision without choice) Naz 54d(37) // ib. 58 // Or 62b(24); מיטרפא <ב>בעל דיניה to forcibly collect from his legal adversary San 21a(13); pl. בעלי דינה TN Lev 19:16 